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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Tevin Rashad Wright
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10892

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 7, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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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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