United States v. Robert Blunt

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 30 2013

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 12-30097

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00134-EFS-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ROBERT ELLIS BLUNT,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 8, 2013 Seattle, Washington

Before: EBEL,** W. FLETCHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Robert Ellis Blunt appeals his conviction for

being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, in violation of

U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable David M. Ebel, Senior Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. I.

The district court properly denied Blunt’s motion to suppress the

firearms evidence discovered in the trunk of Kevin Wennig’s vehicle.

As a threshold matter, whether police unlawfully impounded…