United States v. Dupree Lamar Meadows

94 F.3d 654 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dupree Lamar MEADOWS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-10495. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 16, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Dupree Lamar Meadows appeals his jury conviction of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). 1 3 Meadows first contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the § 922(g)(1) count because the fact that a firearm may have once traveled in interstate commerce is insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish the requisite nexus with interstate commerce with which to confer congressional authority to regulate the subsequent possession of the firearm. Meadows acknowledges that this court rejected the claim that § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress' authority…