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Date Created: 2023-03-07 01:00:17.270202+00
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Case: 22-10570         Document: 00516667388             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/06/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-10570
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                 March 6, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Samuel Lee Morrison,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:20-CR-289-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Samuel Morrison appeals his conviction of illegal receipt of a firearm
   by a person under indictment in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(n) and
   924(a)(1)(D). He avers that § 922(n) does not pass the historical test an-
   nounced 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: 22-10570      Document: 00516667388           Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/06/2023

                                     No. 22-10570

          We review Morrison’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). This court
   has rejected the notion 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, so Morrison cannot demonstrate clear or obvious
   error. See Puckett, 556 U.S. at 135; United States v. Guerrero-Robledo, 565 F.3d
   940, 946 (5th Cir. 2009); see also 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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