Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dana RETH, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-19
Citations: 258 F. App'x 68
Docket Number: No. 07-2381
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dana RETH, Appellant.
Judges: Before BYE, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 258
Pages: 68–69

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dana RETH, Appellant.
No. 07-2381.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 11, 2007.
Filed: Dec. 19, 2007.
Martin Joseph McLaughlin, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Robert L. Teig, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Appellee.
John P. Messina, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Des Moines, IA, Jane Kelly, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Appellant.
Dana Reth, Cedar Rapids, IA, pro se.
Before BYE, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dana Reth was indicted in the Northern District of Iowa on a charge of possession of a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He moved to dismiss the charge on the ground that he was not a "convicted" felon on the date he possessed the firearms in question because he had received a deferred judgment from the state on the predicate felony offense. The district court denied the motion to dismiss, finding under Iowa law the deferred judgment did count as a conviction for purposes of § 922(g)(1).
Reth entered a conditional plea of guilty, and was sentenced to fifteen months of imprisonment. Reth appeals, renewing his claim that his deferred judgment was not a "conviction" sufficient to disable his right to possess firearms under Iowa law. He requested we certify the question to the Iowa Supreme Court. After careful de novo review, we conclude denial was proper for the reasons stated in the well-reasoned opinion of the district court. Accordingly, we decline certification and affirm the decision of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.