United States v. Muhammad Abdul-Saboor

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Muhammad Abdul-Saboor challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress the drugs and guns seized from his apartment during a warrantless search. The district court ruled that the search was valid as a protective sweep or, alternatively, because the evidence inevitably would have been discovered in the warranted search for documents conducted the next day. The court did not reach the Government’s further argument that the evidence was seized as the result of a lawful search incident to the…