United States of America v. Buay Kong Chuol

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-1508
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United States of America
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Buay Kong Chuol
Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
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Submitted: January 12, 2026
Filed: April 15, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, ARNOLD, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Buay Kong Chuol sought to dismiss a charge of unlawful possession of a
firearm as an unlawful user of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)
on the basis that the statute is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

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The district court1 denied his motion, and Chuol entered a conditional guilty plea
preserving his right to appeal that decision.
On appeal, Chuol contends that the district court should have dismissed the
firearm charge on the sole ground that § 922(g)(3) is facially unconstitutional under
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022). Choul
acknowledges that we rejected that argument in United States v. Veasley, 98 F.4th
906 (8th Cir. 2024), cert. denied, 145 S. Ct. 304 (2024), but asks that we overrule
that decision. We cannot do so. Mader v. United States, 654 F.3d 794, 800 (8th Cir.
2011) (en banc) (“It is a cardinal rule in our circuit that one panel is bound by the
decision of a prior panel.”).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgement of the district court.
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1 The Honorable Stephen H. Locher, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.

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