United States v. Benito Ruiz-Gonzalez

OPINION

CARR, District Judge.

Benito Ruiz-Gonzalez appeals his forty-eight month sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to being an alien in possession of a firearm and resisting a law enforcement officer. He argues that the district court’s sentence was substantively unreasonable and that the court erred in imposing an upward departure. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion on either issue, we AFFIRM.

I. Facts

On May 6, 2012, Benito Ruiz-Gonzalez and Salvador Rivera-Garcia were in a Chevrolet Trailblazer at a Cinco de Mayo celebration in southwest Detroit. During the…