Opinion ID: 164194
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Text: 1 Police Officer Joseph Cyr seized defendant Kevin Thomson's handgun from a nylon bag during an investigation concerning threats Thomson allegedly made to his co-workers. When Thomson was indicted for possession of a firearm following a domestic violence conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), he filed a motion to suppress the handgun. The district court denied the suppression motion, relying on the community caretaker exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement. Thomson entered into a plea agreement with the government, but reserved his right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress. See Fed. R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2). Thomson appeals and this court exercises jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. This court affirms the district court's denial of the motion to suppress, but on different grounds than those relied on below.