Opinion
No. 11–1550.
12/16/2011
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joaquin Bravo FLORES, Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.Andrea K. George, AFPD, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant. Michael A. Dees, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Joaquin Bravo Flores was indicted on a charge of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of 1023 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(2). Flores moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that § 922(g)(5)(A) was facially unconstitutional in light of District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). The district court denied the motion, and Flores appeals. Agreeing with the Fifth Circuit that the protections of the Second Amendment do not extend to aliens illegally present in this country, United States v. Portillo–Munoz, 643 F.3d 437 (5th Cir.2011), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Nov. 2, 2011) (No. 11–7200), we affirm.