United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1264 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNEAK JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:19-cr-832-1 — Sharon Johnson Coleman, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED NOVEMBER 30, 2023 — DECIDED JANUARY 5, 2024 ____________________

Before HAMILTON, KIRSCH, and PRYOR, Circuit Judges. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellee Johneak Johnson has been indicted for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) by possessing a firearm as a person previously convicted of a felony. He awaits trial. To challenge a pretrial ruling exclud- ing evidence from trial, the government has brought this in- terlocutory appeal under 18 U.S.C. § 3731. Relying on Federal Rule of Evidence 403, the district court decided before trial to exclude evidence th