United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 97-3722 ___________

United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri. Ronald Ray Pollard, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellant. * ___________

Submitted: February 2, 1998 Filed: February 5, 1998 ___________

Before FAGG, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Ronald Ray Pollard challenges his conviction and 192-month sentence imposed by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). Pollard cites United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), and argues Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to enact section 922(g), which prohibits the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. We conclude Pollard&s Lopez challenge to section 922(g) is foreclosed by this court&s prior decisions. See United States v. Bates, 77 F.3d 1101,

1 The Honorable Donald J. Stohr, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. 1103-04 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 215 (1996); United States v. Shelton, 66 F.3d 991, 992 (8th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 1364 (1996). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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