United States v. Sampson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 29 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-4292

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No.

2:24-cr-00266-SMB-1 v. SYDANIEL GORDON SAMPSON, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan M. Brnovich, District Judge, Presiding Submitted May 26, 2026**

Before: S.R. THOMAS, MILLER, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Sydaniel Gordon Sampson appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his conviction for possession of a firearm by a prohibited possessor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Sampson contends that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to him. As he concedes, this claim is foreclosed. See United States v. Duarte, 137 F.4th 743, 761 (9th Cir. 2025) (en banc) (upholding the application of § 922(g)(1) to all felons), cert. denied, __ S. Ct. __, 2026 WL 135692 (U.S. Jan. 20, 2026).

We do not reach Sampson’s challenge to the supervised release conditions because, as he acknowledged in a prior motion to this court, that challenge became moot upon revocation of his supervised release.

AFFIRMED.

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