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UNITED STATES v. FURAHA

No. 20-10063.

992 F.3d 871 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Simha FURAHA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome E. Matthews (argued) and Lisa Ma , Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Steven G. Kalar , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Oakland, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Nikhil Bhagat (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Merry Jean Chan , Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; David L. Anderson , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and ROBERT S. LASNIK, District Judge.

OPINION

This case requires us to determine whether possessing a firearm in furtherance of a "drug trafficking crime," as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), constitutes a "controlled substance offense," as defined by United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b). Appellant Simha Furaha challenges the district...

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