United States v. Jose Angel Chavarria-Cabrera

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us on appeal from the district court’s 1 application of a four-level sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5), for appellant’s use or possession of a firearm in connection with another felony offense. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 10, 1999, appellant Jose Angel Chavarria-Cabrera was drinking beer at a house with his friends Mauricio Izquierdo, Santos Garcia-Perez, and Jorge Villalobos. At some point Chavarria-Ca-brera pulled a gun out of his belt and fired two shots into the ceiling. The other three men calmed appellant down, and…