United States of America v. Philip Lamar Nordvold, agent of PJ Nordvold

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 24-1224
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Philip Lamar Nordvold, agent of PJ Nordvold
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of South Dakota - Central
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Submitted: August 15, 2024
Filed: August 20, 2024
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Following his guily plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, Philip
Nordvold appeals the district court’s1 denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment.
1The Honorable Roberto Lange, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the District of South Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the

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Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in denying his
motion. Nordvold argues that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional in light of
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United
States v. Rahimi, 144 S. Ct. 1889 (2023), but that argument is foreclosed by our prior
precedent. See United States v. Jackson, No. 22-2870, 2024 WL 3711155, at *4 (8th
Cir. Aug. 8, 2024) (concluding that § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under Bruen and
Rahimi; there is no need for felony-by-felony litigation regarding the constitutionality
of § 922(g)(1)).
Accordingly, we affirm.
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Honorable Mark A. Moreno, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South
Dakota.
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