The following excerpt is from USA. v. Dorais, 241 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir. 2001):
In order to have standing to challenge the search of a hotel room under the Fourth Amendment, a defendant must establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in the room. Minnesota v. Olson, 495 U.S. 91, 95 (1990)."A subjective expectation of privacy is legitimate if it is one that society is prepared to recognize as `reasonable'." Id . at 95-96 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
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