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Case: 23-20352         Document: 00517061551             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/09/2024

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                                          United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                           Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                                         FILED
                                                                                  February 9, 2024
                                       No. 23-20352
                                     Summary Calendar                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________                                          Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Timothy Burks,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-549-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Willett, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Timothy Burks appeals his guilty plea conviction for possession of a
   firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Burks concedes that
   he did not preserve his arguments on appeal, so we review them for plain
   error only. See United States v. Howard, 766 F.3d 414, 419 (5th Cir. 2014).

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-20352      Document: 00517061551          Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/09/2024

                                    No. 23-20352

          Burks first argues that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
   under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022).
   But in a recently published opinion, we held that § 922(g)(1) is not clearly or
   obviously unconstitutional under Bruen. United States v. Jones, 88 F.4th 571
   (5th Cir. 2023) (per curiam).
          Burks also argues that § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to him
   because he was convicted without “proof that [he] had traveled in interstate
   commerce to bring the firearm to Texas” or that he “had purchased the
   firearm from any vendor participating in interstate commerce.” The factual
   basis alleged that the firearm “was manufactured in Massachusetts and
   therefore traveled in interstate commerce.” Burks contends that this
   interstate nexus is insufficient to satisfy the interstate commerce element of
   § 922(g). However, he concedes that this issue is foreclosed. United States v.
   Perryman, 965 F.3d 424, 426 (5th Cir. 2020); Scarborough v. United States,
   431 U.S. 563, 575 (1977).
          Accordingly, Burks cannot demonstrate plain error.
          The judgment is AFFIRMED.

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