United States v. Dante Williams

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Dante Williams pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon. The district court 1 sentenced him to thirty-seven months’ imprisonment. Williams appeals the sentence, arguing that it is substantively unreasonable because the district court gave undue weight to the nature and circumstances of his offense, ignored mitigating factors, and accorded impermissible weight to the fact that Williams was prosecuted in federal court. We affirm.

During a traffic stop on January 7, 2012, Williams left the vehicle and ran from police officers.…