REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the fifty-month sentence imposed by the district court following Christopher Pike's plea of guilty to bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). It argues that the district judge applied an incorrect standard of proof in considering whether to impose a five-level enhancement for possession of a firearm and that, under the correct standard, the enhancement was warranted. It further contends
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