Convicted Domestic Abuser Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Gun

A man with multiple prior domestic violence convictions who unlawfully possessed a gun while committing another domestic assault was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison.

Travis Terrell Jordan, age 41, from Memphis, Tennessee, received the prison term after a September 12, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a person convicted of domestic violence.

Information from the sentencing hearing showed that Jordan had been convicted of a domestic abuse crime four times prior to December 2024. On December 13, 2024, Jordan assaulted a woman in an apartment in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jordan hit the victim in the face and pointed the gun at her while threatening to shoot her. The victim's two minor children were also in the apartment at the time.

Jordan was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Jordan was sentenced to 53 months' imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Jordan is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicole Nagin and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

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The case file number is 25-cr-20.

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