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Case: 23-10126           Document: 92-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/28/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit

                                  ____________                                       FILED
                                                                                  March 28, 2024
                                    No. 23-10126
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
                                  ____________                                         Clerk

United States of America,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Warren Ledominique Davis,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 4:22-CR-241-1
                  ______________________________

Before Jolly, Smith, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
      Warren Ledominique Davis pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm
by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, for the first time, Davis
argues that the Second Amendment bars his conviction and that his appeal
waiver should not preclude this claim. We need not address Davis’s appeal
waiver argument. This appeal is resolved under plain error review. See

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10126        Document: 92-1        Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/28/2024

                                  No. 23-10126

United States v. Thompson, 54 F.4th 849, 851 (5th Cir. 2022); United States v.
Smith, No. 22-10795, 2023 WL 5814936, at *2 (5th Cir. Sept. 8, 2023).
       We review Davis’s Second Amendment argument under plain error,
because he did not present this issue before the district court. See United
States v. Howard, 766 F.3d 414, 419 (5th Cir. 2014). “Plain error is ‘clear’ or
‘obvious’ error that affects ‘substantial rights’ of the defendant and
‘seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial
proceedings.’” United States v. Sanchez, 325 F.3d 600, 603 (5th Cir. 2003)
(quoting United States v. Saenz, 134 F.3d 697, 701 (5th Cir. 1998)).
       Davis’s Second Amendment argument is grounded in New York State
Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 17 (2022), which announced a new
test for assessing whether a statute infringes the Second Amendment. We
recently declined to address the argument, where, as here, our review was
under the plain error standard, that Section 922(g)(1) infringes the Second
Amendment under Bruen. See United States v. Jones, 88 F.4th 571, 573-74
(5th Cir. 2023). Consequently, under our precedent, the district court did
not plainly error by accepting Davis’s guilty plea. In the light of the
foregoing, the judgment of the district court is, in all respects,
                                                                 AFFIRMED.

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