Valenzuela

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-30398 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-00442-ALH

JOSE VALENZUELA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 9, 2007—Portland, Oregon

Filed August 3, 2007

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

9303 9306 UNITED STATES v. VALENZUELA

COUNSEL

Gerald Needham, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Port- land, Oregon, for appellant Jose Valenzuela.

Thomas H. Edmonds, Assistant United States Attorney, Port- land, Oregon, for appellee United States of America.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

United States Sentencing Guidelines § 2K2.1(b)(5) (2005) enables a district court to increase a defendant’s base offense level by four if the defendant possessed or used a firearm in connection with another felony offense. Application Note 151 to § 2K2.1(b)(5) precludes such an enhancement when the other felony offense involved…