United States v. Calvin Bush

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: May 14, 2025
• Docket: 24-4157
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-4155

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CALVIN DEVONTE BUSH,

Defendant - Appellant,

No. 24-4157

CALVIN DEVONTE BUSH, a/k/a Calvin D. Bush,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, District Judge. (1:23-cr-00288-TDS-1; 1:20-cr- 00143-TDS-1)

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Before KING and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Eugene E. Lester, III, LESTER LAW, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Sandra J. Hairston, United States Attorney, Julie C. Niemeier, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Calvin Devonte Bush challenges his conviction for

possessing a firearm as convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8)

(No. 24-4155), and the revocation of his supervised release for an earlier § 922(g)(1)

conviction (No. 24-4157). Bush argues that § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to

him. In No. 24-4155, Bush’s argument is foreclosed by our decision in United States v.

Hunt, 123 F.4th 697, 700-04 (4th Cir. 2024), petition for cert. filed, No. 24-6818 (Mar. 20,

2025). And in No. 24-4157, Bush cannot challenge the validity of his underlying

conviction in an appeal from revocation proceedings. See United States v. Sanchez, 891

F.3d 535, 538 (4th Cir. 2018) (“A supervised release revocation hearing is not a proper

forum for testing the validity of an underlying sentence or conviction.”).

We therefore affirm the criminal and revocation judgments. We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED