Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 3, 2001, No. 00-10091; D.C. No. CR-99-00148-02-SOM (United States v. Shorts)

MEMORANDUM **

The district court properly denied Shorts’s motion to suppress. The warrantless search of the hotel room was justified by exigent circumstances that would lead a reasonable officer to believe that entry was necessary to prevent the destruction of relevant evidence. See United *733States v. Gooch, 6 F.3d 673, 679 (9th Cir. 1993).