With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". Barnes, 295 F.3d at 1368; see also Jennings, 323 F.3d at 275 (stating that the defendant “has other avenues he can pursue to fall within the ... exception of 18 U.S.C. § 921 (a)(33)(B)(ii)”). Consequently, we agree with those circuits holding that, in states where civil rights are not removed for a misdemeanor conviction of a crime of domestic violence, an individual convicted of such a misdemeanor “cannot benefit from the federal restoration exception.” Smith, 171 F.3d at 623. One circuit has disagreed, seeing an inconsistency in a scheme that bars misde- meanants who have never had their civil rights removed from possessing a gun, but allowing those who have had their rights removed, but then restored, to possess a gun. See United States v. Wegrzyn, 305 F.3d 593, 595 (6th Cir.2002) (<HOLDING>). We do not believe this reasoning is sound.

A: holding that misdemeanants under michigan law cannot be convicted under 18 usc  921a33bii because their civil rights were never lost
B: holding that when the plaintiff presents direct evidence of discrimination federal law provides appropriate guidance for analyzing claims brought under the michigan civil rights act
C: holding that a defendant cannot collaterally attack his sentence under 18 usc  3582c2
D: holding that crimes subject to a minimum sentence of 15 years under 18 usc  924e1 are properly characterized as class a felonies under 18 usc  3559
A.