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663 F.3d 1022
8th Cir.
2011
PER CURIAM.

Joaquin Bravo Flores was indicted on a charge of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. *1023 §§ 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(2). Flores moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that § 922(g)(5)(A) was facially unconstitutional in light of District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). The district court 1 denied the motion, and Flores appeals. Agreeing with the Fifth Circuit that the protections of the Second Amendment do not extend to aliens illegally present in this country, United States v. Portillo-Munoz, 643 F.3d 437 (5th Cir.2011), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Nov. 2, 2011) (No. 11-7200), we affirm.

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. The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

Case Details

Case Name: United States v. Flores
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Date Published: Dec 16, 2011
Citations: 663 F.3d 1022; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 24976; 2011 WL 6266033; 11-1550
Docket Number: 11-1550
Court Abbreviation: 8th Cir.
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