Opinion ID: 401019
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Heading: Agent Philip's Entry into the Bathroom

Text: 20 The government argues that a similar analysis supports Agent Philip's seizures of items from above the bathroom ceiling. It contends that he was legitimately within the bathroom and that the evidence above the ceiling was in plain view. 21 The record is somewhat confused regarding the circumstances of Agent Philip's entry into the bathroom. The pretrial stipulation of facts reported that he entered the bathroom (a)fter Agent Swint left the bathroom. At trial, however, he testified that he entered to see what was detaining Agent Swint. Given our conclusion that the second half of the government's argument (that the evidence was in plain view) is based on faulty analysis, we need not resolve this conflict. Rather, we will assume that Agent Philip legitimately entered the bathroom. 22