Opinion

United States v. Tevin Wright

  • 642 F. App'x 486
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Apr 7, 2016
Status
Unpublished
On the bench
Jolly, Dennis, Prado
Nature of suit
Direct Criminal
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 43.3%

The opinion

Case: 15-10892 Document: 00513455900 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/07/2016

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

United States Court of Appeals

No. 15-10892

Fifth Circuit

FILED

Summary Calendar April 7, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

TEVIN RASHAD WRIGHT,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:15-CR-116

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *

Tevin Rashad Wright challenges the sufficiency of the factual basis for

his guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C.

§§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He contends that the Supreme Court’s decision in

McFadden v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2298 (2015), calls into question our

holding in United States v. Dancy, 861 F.2d 77, 81-82 (5th Cir. 1988), that the

offense does not require knowledge of a firearm’s interstate nexus. Because

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

Case: 15-10892 Document: 00513455900 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/07/2016

No. 15-10892

McFadden does not unequivocally direct this court to overrule Dancy, “we are

not at liberty to overrule our settled precedent.” United States v. Alcantar, 733

F.3d 143, 146 (5th Cir. 2013).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The Government’s

motion for summary affirmance is DENIED. See United States v. Holy Land

Found. for Relief, 445 F.3d 771, 781 (5th Cir. 2006). Its alternative motion for

an extension of time is DENIED as unnecessary.

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