Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Surjit SINGH, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-11-26
Citations: 51 F. App'x 730
Docket Number: No. 02-10053; D.C. No. CR-01-00237-WBS-02
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Surjit SINGH, Defendant—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 51
Pages: 730–731

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Surjit SINGH, Defendant—Appellee.
No. 02-10053.
D.C. No. CR-01-00237-WBS-02.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Nov. 8, 2002.
Decided Nov. 26, 2002.
Before B. FLETCHER, ARNOLD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Richard S. Arnold, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The district court, ruling without benefit of the United States Supreme Court's recent ruling in United States v. Drayton, — U.S.-, 122 S.Ct. 2105, 153 L.Ed.2d 242 (2002), clearly erred in granting Surjit Singh's ("Singh") motion to suppress. Given the absence of coercive behavior by the investigating law enforcement officer, Singh voluntarily opened the door to his roomette. See United States v. Cormier, 220 F.3d 1103, 1109 (9th Cir.2000).
Similarly, the Fourth Amendment was not implicated by Agent Delaney's questioning of Singh. See Drayton, 122 S.Ct. at 2110. Agent Delaney did not threaten force, speak in an authoritative tone, block the roomette's doorway, or order Singh to answer his questions. Agent Delaney's conduct in no way transformed the consensual encounter in the sleeping car into a Fourth Amendment seizure. See id. at 2111-13. Singh and his co-defendant, Steven Pineda, therefore, voluntarily consented to Agent Delaney's request to search their roomette and their backpacks. See id. at 2113.
REVERSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.