UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-4631

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ADAM MICHAEL MILLER,

 Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at 

Charleston. David A. Faber, Senior District Judge. (2:20-cr-00022-1)

Submitted: May 20, 2021 Decided: May 24, 2021

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wesley P. Page, Federal Public Defender, Jonathan D. Byrne, OFFICE OF THE 

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Lisa G. 

Johnston, Acting United States Attorney, Jeremy B. Wolfe, Assistant United States 

Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

Adam Michael Miller appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of a 

firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). On appeal, he argues 

that the district court erred in applying a sentencing enhancement for possessing the firearm 

in connection with another felony offense in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines. We 

affirm. 

We review a defendant’s sentence “under a deferential abuse-of-discretion 

standard.” Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41, 51 (2007). Under this standard, a 

sentence is reviewed for both procedural and substantive reasonableness. Id. at 51. In 

determining procedural reasonableness, this court must “ensure that the district court 

committed no significant procedural error, such as failing to calculate (or improperly 

calculating) the Guidelines range.” Id. In assessing the application of Guidelines 

enhancements, we review findings of fact for clear error and legal conclusions de novo. 

United States v. Fluker, 891 F.3d 541, 547 (4th Cir. 2018). “[C]lear error exists only when 

the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that 

a mistake has been committed.” United States v. Slager, 912 F.3d 224, 233 (4th Cir.) 

(internal quotation marks omitted), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 2769 (2019). “[A] sentencing 

court may consider uncharged . . . conduct in determining a sentence, as long as that 

conduct is proven by a preponderance of the evidence.” United States v. Grubbs, 585 F.3d 

793, 799 (4th Cir. 2009) (citations omitted). 

A district court applies a four-level enhancement in offense level if a defendant

“used or possessed any firearm or ammunition in connection with another felony offense.” 
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U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) (2018). A firearm is used in 

connection with another felony offense if it “facilitated, or had the potential of facilitating, 

another felony offense.” USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. n.14(A); see USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. n.14(B) 

(explaining that, in context of drug trafficking offense, when “a firearm is found in close 

proximity to drugs,” the firearm necessarily “has the potential of facilitating another felony 

offense”). “Another felony offense” is defined as “any federal, state, or local offense, other 

than the explosive or firearms possession or trafficking offense, punishable by 

imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, regardless of whether a criminal charge was 

brought, or a conviction obtained.” USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. n.14(C).

On appeal, Miller contends that the Government did not prove his involvement in 

another felony offense by a preponderance of the evidence. We have thoroughly reviewed 

the record and find no clear error in the district court’s finding that it was more likely than 

not, on the entire evidence, that Miller was engaged in drug trafficking and that the firearm 

“facilitated, or had the potential of facilitating” that offense. See USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. 

n.14(A).

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. We dispense with oral 

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. 

AFFIRMED