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Date Created: 2023-03-03 19:00:40.326147+00
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Case: 22-10129         Document: 00516665034             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/03/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-10129
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                 March 3, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Kelvun Montrail Williams,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:20-CR-401-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Kelvun Montrail Williams appeals from his guilty plea conviction for
   receipt of a firearm while under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
   §§ 922(n) and 924(a)(1)(D). He argues that § 922(n) does not pass the
   historical test announced in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 142
   S. Ct. 2111 (2022), and is therefore unconstitutional.

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-10129      Document: 00516665034           Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/03/2023

                                     No. 22-10129

          We review Williams’s challenge for plain error because he did not
   present it to the district court. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135
   (2009); United States v. Toure, 965 F.3d 393, 399 (5th Cir. 2020). In an
   unpublished opinion, we have recently rejected the argument that § 922(n)
   is clearly or obviously unconstitutional under Bruen. See United States v.
   Avila, No. 22-50088, 2022 WL 17832287, at *2 (5th Cir. Dec. 21, 2022)
   (unpublished). The issue is therefore subject to reasonable dispute, and
   Williams cannot demonstrate a clear or obvious error. See Puckett, 556 U.S.
   at 135; United States v. Guerrero-Robledo, 565 F.3d 940, 946 (5th Cir. 2009);
   United States v. Fields, 777 F.3d 799, 802 (5th Cir. 2015) (“In considering
   whether an error is clear or obvious we look to the state of the law at the time
   of appeal.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)).
          AFFIRMED.

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