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Parties Involved:
Joel J. Knott
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3202

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Joel J. Knott, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: April 18, 2007

Filed: April 19, 2007 

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Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After Joel Knott pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the district court1

 sentenced him to a year and a day

in prison and two years of supervised release. On appeal, he argues that the district

court erred by declining his request to apply U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(2), which provides

a reduced base offense level to felon-in-possession defendants who possess firearms

solely for collection purposes. Given the state of the record and the fact that it was

Knott’s burden to prove his entitlement to the reduced base offense level, we conclude

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that the district court did not clearly err by determining that Knott (or alternatively,

the owner of the shotgun that Knott possessed) did not possess the firearm solely for

collection purposes. See United States v. Lussier, 423 F.3d 838, 843 (8th Cir. 2005)

(burden of proof and standard of review; clear error does not occur when evidence

supports two reasonable inferences), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1120 (2006).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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