U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1996

United States v. Ralph S. Stowe

United States v. Ralph S. Stowe
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided March 8, 1996

United States v. Ralph S. Stowe

Opinion

___________ No. 95-2971 ___________ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Western District of Missouri.

Ralph S. Stowe, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. *

___________ Submitted: March 6, 1996 Filed: March 8, 1996 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Ralph S. Stowe entered an unconditional guilty plea to attempted forcible rescue of seized property, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b), and the district court1 sentenced him to five years probation. On appeal, Stowe raises numerous jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional challenges to his conviction.

We reject as meritless Stowe's jurisdictional claims: the district court had jurisdiction over the instant offense under 18 U.S.C. § 3231, see United States v. Rosnow, 977 F.2d 399, 412-13 (8th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (§ 3231 "grants jurisdiction to district courts over all offenses against the laws of the United States"), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 990 (1993), and over Stowe because

The Honorable D. Brook Bartlett, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. he was a citizen of Missouri where he was gainfully employed. By his valid guilty plea, Stowe waived all the non-jurisdictional issues he now raises on appeal. See United States v. McNeely, 20 F.3d 886, 888 (8th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 171 (1994); United States v. Stewart, 972 F.2d 216, 217-18 (8th Cir. 1992).

Finally, we conclude the district court did not err by requiring Stowe to file an affidavit of financial status before considering his motion for in forma pauperis status on appeal, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), and we grant Stowe's motion to supplement the record.

The judgment is affirmed.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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