Newton

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 16 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-2576 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 9:23-cr-00012-DLC-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

AUSTEN CHRISTOPHER LEE

NEWTON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 11, 2024** Seattle, Washington

Before: W. FLETCHER and SUNG, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.***

Austen Newton appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. plea to one count of prohibited person in possession of a firearm in violation of

U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We review de novo…