United States v. Jason Black

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 16 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-30226

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:18-cr-00125-TMB-1 v.

JASON DOUGLAS BLACK, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 10, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: BYBEE, BEA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Jason Black was arrested after he loaded a rifle and threatened to kill his

girlfriend, L.J. Black pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a

firearm and the district court sentenced him to fifty-four months imprisonment. He

appeals the district court’s application of the two-level vulnerable victim

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. enhancement. U.S. Sent’g Guidelines Manual § 3A1.1(b) (U.S. Sent’g Comm’n

2021). We affirm.

1. Black first argues that the…