U.S. v. WADENA

No. 17-2131.

895 F.3d 1075 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Wayne WADENA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deidre Yvonne Aanstad , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, 600 U.S. Courthouse, 300 S. Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415-0000, Lisa D. Kirkpatrick , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, 316 N. Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Shannon Elkins , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, 107 U.S. Courthouse, 300 S. Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415-0000, Andrew H. Mohring , Ciresi & Conlin, Suite 4600, 225 S. Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Michael Wayne Wadena, Pro Se, U.S. Penitentiary, P.O. Box 7000, Florence, CO 81226-7000, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COLLOTON, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Michael Wadena pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a person who is convicted of a violation of § 922(g) "and has three previous convictions... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both, ... shall be ... imprisoned...

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