United States v. Gilberto Lara-Ruiz

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

Gilberto Lara-Ruiz, for the third time, appeals his sentence for using a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(l)(A)(i). We conclude that the district court 1 properly resentenced Lara-Ruiz using the five-year statutory minimum and discussed the sentencing factors it found most relevant. Lara-Ruiz’s sentence, although high, is not unconstitutional or unreasonable. We thus affirm the judgment. 2

I. Background

Before this series of appeals, Lara-Ruiz pleaded guilty in 2007 to improper entry into the United States, 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a),…