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E.D.Va.: TSA inspection led to valid seizure of cash when claimant couldn't come up with a good explanation

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Claimant was subjected to a cash seizure at Dulles airport after TSA saw “unknown masses” in x-ray of carry-on luggage. They opened his suitcase and saw it and photographed it, and he chose to leave the airport. The DEA was alerted. The claimant did not challenge the TSA snooping. United States v. $145,850 United States Currency, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77686 (E.D. Va. July 30, 2010): Arrington does not dispute that the initial inspection of his bags was constitutional. See United States v. DeAngelo, 584 F.2d 46, 47-48 (4th Cir. 1978) (holding that an airport x-ray search is a lawful search and also noting that a suspect's voluntary entrance into a security line acts as consent to the search); see also, e.g., United States v. Marquez, 410 F...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).