United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-2261 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELSTON STEVENSON, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:18-cr-00116-1 — John J. Tharp, Jr., Judge. ____________________

ARGUED MARCH 30, 2021 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 ____________________

Before KANNE, BRENNAN, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges. BRENNAN, Circuit Judge. Elston Stevenson possessed a fire- arm as a felon, and as an armed career criminal he received an enhanced sentence. In the district court and on appeal, he challenges whether, given that state officials sent him a resto- ration of rights letter, two of his prior Illinois state convictions could support that enhancement. The district court concluded that Stevenson did not establish by a preponderance of the 2