United States of America v. Deondre Steave

NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 24-1977
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
DEONDRE STEAVE,
Appellant
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. No. 2:23-cr-00093-001)
District Judge: Honorable Christy Criswell Wiegand
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Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a)
July 11, 2025
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Before: KRAUSE, MATEY, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges
(Filed: September 18, 2025)
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OPINION*
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PHIPPS, Circuit Judge.
On February 4, 2022, after serving a 46-month prison sentence for being a felon in
knowing possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), Deondre Steave began a three-
year term of supervised release. Within two months, however, he violated one of the
conditions of his supervised release. After he violated the supervised-release conditions
* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.

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on several more occasions, a warrant was issued for his arrest. The marshals who executed
that warrant on March 27, 2023, found a handgun and ammunition on his person. Steave
was then charged with a single count of being a felon in knowing possession of a firearm.
See id. In the District Court, he moved to dismiss the indictment on Second Amendment
grounds, arguing that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face and as applied
to him. In exercising jurisdiction over the case, see id. § 3231, the District Court denied
the motion. Through this appeal, Steave now invokes this Court’s jurisdiction to renew
those challenges, see 28 U.S.C. § 1291, which are reviewed de novo, see United States v.
Stock, 728 F.3d 287, 291 (3d Cir. 2013).
Steave’s arguments are foreclosed by binding precedent. In United States v. Moore,
111 F.4th 266 (3d Cir. 2024), this Court rejected facial and as-applied challenges to
§ 922(g)(1) for persons on supervised release. See id. at 273 & n.5. Thus, the judgment of
the District Court will be affirmed.

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