Opinion
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. D.C. No. 4:11-cr-00053-SEH. Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding.
For UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee: Cyndee Peterson, USMI - OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY, Missoula, MT; Laura Bissett Weiss, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Great Falls, MT.
For HENRY THOMAS STANDING ELK, Jr., Defendant - Appellant: Evangelo Arvanetes, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FDMT - FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF MONTANA (GREAT FALLS), Great Falls, MT.
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Henry Thomas Standing Elk, Jr., appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction for failure to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (" SORNA" ), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Standing Elk first argues that the district court should have dismissed the indictment because Montana had not implemented SORNA at the time of his offense. This argument is foreclosed. See United States v. Elk Shoulder, 738 F.3d 948, 954-55 (9th Cir. 2013), cert. denied, 134 S.Ct. 1920, 188 L.Ed.2d 944 (2014) (enforcement of SORNA is not dependent on a state's implementation of the administrative portion of SORNA); United States v. Elkins, 683 F.3d 1039, 1046 (9th Cir. 2012) (same).
Standing Elk next argues that Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to require him to register. This argument is also foreclosed. See United States v. Kebodeaux, 133 S.Ct. 2496, 2500, 186 L.Ed.2d 540 (2013) (concluding that " the Necessary and Proper Clause grants Congress adequate power to enact SORNA and to apply it" to a defendant convicted of a federal sex crime who was subject to federal sex offender registration requirements at the time of SORNA's enactment in 2006); Elk Shoulder, 738 F.3d at 959 (same).
AFFIRMED.