Ferrari

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6007

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cr-01091-

BAS-

v. OPINION

CHRISTIAN FERRARI,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Cynthia A. Bashant, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed March 23, 2026

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges, and J. Campbell Barker, District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Koh

* The Honorable J. Campbell Barker, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s application of a sentencing enhancement for engaging in firearms trafficking in a case in which Christian Ferrari pled guilty to four counts of willfully dealing firearms without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A). Pursuant to § 2K2.1(b)(5) of the 2021 United States Sentencing Guidelines, a sentencing enhancement applies “[i]f the defendant…