Mara

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-30102 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-06-30025-2-

JOHNNY LEE MARA, OMP

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Owen M. Panner, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 26, 2008*

Filed April 28, 2008

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Ferdinand F. Fernandez, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

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

Robert M. Stone, Esq., Medford, Oregon, for the appellant.

Douglas W. Fong, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Medford, Oregon, for the appellee.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

Johnny Lee Mara appeals his 77-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Mara argues that pursuant to United States Sen- tencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or…