Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elveria RODRIGUEZ-QUIROS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-14
Citations: 442 F. App'x 347
Docket Number: No. 09-10482
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elveria RODRIGUEZ-QUIROS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 442
Pages: 347–348

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elveria RODRIGUEZ-QUIROS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-10482.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 12, 2011.
Filed July 14, 2011.
Amber Marie Craig, Assistant U.S., USLV-Offiee of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Brenda Weksler, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SILVERMAN and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Otis D. Wright, II, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant Elveria Rodriguez-Quiros appeals the district court's denial of her motion to suppress the drugs found in her car's bumper. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
The record does not support the defendant's claim that the district judge improperly rejected the magistrate judge's factual findings. The district judge adopted the magistrate judge's findings, but reached a different legal conclusion regarding probable cause.
Having obtained the defendant's lawful consent to search the vehicle, the troopers were within their rights to inspect and probe a pre-existing hole in the bumper. Upon discovering white powder and observing what looked like tape, the troopers had probable cause to believe that the normally empty bumper contained drugs. See United States v. Ewing, 638 F.3d 1226, 1231 (9th Cir.2011).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.