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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                  June 22, 2005

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                  Clerk
                            No. 04-11367
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JERALD PAUL EDWARDS,

                                    Defendant-Appellant.

                       --------------------
          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                    USDC No. 3:04-CR-40-ALL-H
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Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Jerald Paul

Edwards presents arguments that he concedes are foreclosed by

United States v. Daugherty, 264 F.3d 513, 518 (5th Cir. 2001),

which rejected a Commerce Clause challenge to the felon-in-

possession-of-a-firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and United

States v. Dancy, 861 F.2d 77, 81 (5th Cir. 1985), which held that

the Government need not prove that the defendant knew that the

firearm was in or affecting interstate commerce.   The

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
                          No. 04-11367
                               -2-

Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the

judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.