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Parties Involved:
United States
Appellee
Stephen L. Voisine
Appellant

Document Text:

Not For Publication in West's Federal Reporter

United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit

No. 12-1213

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

v.

STEPHEN L. VOISINE,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. John A. Woodcock, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Lynch, Chief Judge,

Torruella and Stahl, Circuit Judges.

Virginia G. Villa, Assistant Federal Public Defender, on brief

for appellant.

Renée M. Bunker, Assistant United States Attorney, and

Thomas E. Delahanty II, United States Attorney, on brief for

appellee.

January 18, 2013

Case: 12-1213 Document: 00116481838 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2013 Entry ID: 5705179
Per Curiam. Defendant-Appellant Stephen L. Voisine asks

us to reconsider arguments heard in and decided by this court

regarding: (1) whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) should be construed to

exclude a purportedly non-violent offensive physical contact

misdemeanor conviction as a predicate offense; and (2) whether

applying § 922(g)(9) to such a prior conviction would violate a

particular defendant's Second Amendment rights. See United States

v. Booker, 644 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2011); United States v. Nason, 269

F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2001). The Court considered and denied the exact

same arguments in United States v. Armstrong, III, Case No. 12-1216

(1st Cir. 2012). Since there are no pertinent factual differences

distinguishing the instant case from Armstrong, we accordingly

incorporate its reasoning here and affirm the district court's

denial of Defendant-Appellant's motion to dismiss the indictment.

So Ordered.

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Case: 12-1213 Document: 00116481838 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/18/2013 Entry ID: 5705179