United States v. Mohamed

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This is a sentencing appeal brought by the United States. Noor Mohamed pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The district court held that, as a matter of law, Mohamed's prior Maine drug trafficking conviction did not qualify as a "controlled substance offense" under *97United States Sentencing Guidelines § 2K2.1(a), essentially adopting the reasoning of another Maine federal judge in another case, United States v. Oliveira, 287 F.Supp.3d 97 (D. Me. 2017).

Although Mohamed has been released…