CURIAM: Darren Lamont Dennis pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2000), and was sentenced as an armed career criminal to the mandatory minimum sentence of 180 months imprisonment. 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e) (West 2000 & Supp. 2006). Dennis appeals his sentence, arguing that his sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments because the fact that his predicate prior convictions were committed on different occasions was not charged in the indictment or admitted by him. We affirm. As Dennis acknowledges, the issue he raises is foreclosed by our decision in United States v. Thompson, 421 F.3d 278, 285-87 (4th Cir.2005) (<HOLDING>), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 1463, 164
holding that because of its civil nature section 881 does not require the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a criminal violation occurred holding that facts regarding prior convictions need not be charged in an indictment nor proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt holding that the nature and occasion of prior offenses are facts inherent in the convictions which government is not required to allege in the indictment or prove beyond a reasonable doubt holding that nature and occasion of offenses are facts inherent in convictions and those facts need not be alleged in indictment or submitted to jury holding that failure of trial court to instruct jury that state must prove beyond reasonable doubt killing was not committed in heat of passion required reversal of murder conviction even though there was general charge that state was required to prove each element of offenses beyond reasonable doubt