Argued September 24, 2024 Decided December 20, 2024

No. 24-3011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE

v.

JAMES LITTLE, APPELLANT

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:21-cr-00315-1)

Joshua B. Carpenter, Appellate Chief, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Reuven Dashevsky, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney, and Chrisellen R. Kolb, Nicholas P. Coleman, and Patrick Holvey, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: WALKER and PAN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge. 2 Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PAN.

PAN, Circuit Judge: James Little pleaded guilty to one count of Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, in violation of 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G). The district court sentenced him to