Defrance

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 30 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-2409 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 9:21-cr-00029-DLC-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MICHAEL BLAKE DEFRANCE,

Defendant - Appellant.

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

Argued and Submitted September 12, 2024 Seattle, Washington

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

Michael Blake DeFrance appeals his convictions for one count of being a

prohibited person in possession of firearms and ammunition, 18 U.S.C.

§ 922(g)(9), and three counts of making a false statement during a firearms

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. transaction, id. § 922(a)(6), as well as his 21-month prison sentence. For the

reasons stated…