UNITED STATES v. GOMEZ (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

Donovan Lee Gomez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 46-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Gomez contends that the district court erred by applying a four-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) for possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense. We review the district court’s factual findings for clear error, and its application of the Guidelines to the facts of a given case for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Gasca-Ruiz, 852 F.3d 1167, 1170 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc). The record reflects that law enforcement located a firearm in close proximity to a safe containing multiple controlled substances that Gomez’s girlfriend admitted to possessing with intent to sell. The record further reflects that Gomez provided the funds to purchase both the firearm and the controlled substances and served as a liaison between his girlfriend and the drug supplier. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding by a preponderance of the evidence that Gomez’s possession of the firearm had the potential of facilitating another felony offense. See U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1 cmt. n.14(B); United States v. Chadwell, 798 F.3d 910, 916-17 (9th Cir. 2015). Moreover, contrary to Gomez’s contention, the district court did not err by relying on uncontested factual assertions in the presentence report to conclude that the enhancement applied. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(i)(3)(A); United States v. Snipe, 515 F.3d 947, 955 (9th Cir. 2008).

AFFIRMED.