U.S. v. SKOIEN

No. 08-3770.

614 F.3d 638 (2010)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dorsey Collery, Attorney, Michael R. Dreeben (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

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

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER, POSNER, FLAUM, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, WILLIAMS, SYKES, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Steven Skoien has two convictions for "misdemeanor crime[s] of domestic violence" and therefore is forbidden to carry firearms in or affecting interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Wisconsin informed Skoien about this rule; he signed an acknowledgment of the firearms disability. While he was on probation from the second of his domestic-violence convictions, he was found in possession of...

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