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rejecting defendant's challenge to the Court's jurisdiction based on his assertion that he is a "private, sovereign, flesh and blood man" and concluding that the challenge lacked merit
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No. 17-1012
04-28-2017
United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Jesse Howard Garcia Defendant - Appellant
Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul [Unpublished] Before LOKEN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
Jesse Garcia directly appeals the district court's judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, Garcia challenges the district court's jurisdiction based on his assertion that he is a "private, sovereign, flesh and blood man." The government has moved for summary disposition.
The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. --------
We conclude that Garcia's jurisdictional challenge lacks merit. See United States v. Hart, 701 F.2d 749, 750 (8th Cir. 1983) (per curiam) (rejecting jurisdictional challenge based on defendant's argument that he was sovereign citizen). Accordingly, we grant the government's motion, and summarily affirm the district court's judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).