United States v. Clay

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Donnale C. Clay pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine base and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court 1 sentenced Clay to 100 months’ imprisonment for each offense, with Clay to serve the terms concurrently. Clay appeals his sentence, arguing that the dis trict court improperly calculated his base offense level and that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. We affirm.

I. Background

On May 4, 2009, Clay pleaded guilty to one count of distributing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 851, and one count of being a…