U.S. v. SKOIEN

No. 08-3770.

587 F.3d 803 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven M. SKOIEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. O'Shea (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael W. Lieberman (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Services, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

A grand jury indicted Steven Skoien for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Skoien moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that applying the federal statute to him violated his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as explained in District of Columbia v. Heller, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). The district...

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