Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 4, 2002, 00-30382 (United States v. James Joshua Thompson, AKA James Deas)

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals the district court’s order suppressing drug evidence seized by the Coast Guard from a vessel off the coast of Washington State. James Joshua Thompson, the skipper of the boat, was charged with one count of conspiring to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana under 21 U.S.C.