United States v. Liefert

MEMORANDUM *

The United States appeals the district court’s dismissal of an indictment charging David Arnold Liefert with possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony in Minnesota, and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in Montana. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), (9). We reverse and remand.

The district court determined that as to both count I and count II Liefert’s right to possess a firearm had been restored by the states of Minnesota and Montana respectively. Were that so, the dismissal of the indictment would have been proper.…