Gomez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-30288 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-05-00141-FVS

ALAN GOMEZ,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Fred L. Van Sickle, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 8, 2006* Seattle, Washington

Filed December 28, 2006

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Susan P. Graber, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

20041 UNITED STATES v. GOMEZ 20043

COUNSEL

George P. Trejo, Jr., The Trejo Law Firm, Yakima, Washing- ton, for the defendant-appellant.

Russell E. Smoot, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Spokane, Wash- ington, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Alan Gomez appeals his 60-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture con- taining a detectable amount of cocaine. The mandatory mini- mum sentence for that offense is 60 months’…