Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin FALCON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-14
Citations: 471 F. App'x 753
Docket Number: No. 11-30110
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin FALCON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 471
Pages: 753–754

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin FALCON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-30110.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 6, 2012.
Filed March 14, 2012.
Paulette Lynn Stewart, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Helena, MT, Leif Johnson, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Robert Henry Branom, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Defenders of Montana, Great Falls, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Kevin Falcon appeals from the 110-month sentence imposed on remand following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C: § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand.
Falcon argues that his sentence is procedurally and substantively unreasonable, in light of both his poor health and the relative seriousness of his offense. A correctly-calculated advisory Sentencing Guidelines range is "the starting point and the initial benchmark" for sentencing. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 49, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). As no basis appears in the record for the district court's selection of a base offense level of 20 under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4), and as it seems likely, instead, that Falcon's base offense level should have been assessed as 14, under section 2K2.1(a)(6), we cannot conclude that the 110-month sentence was either procedurally or substantively reasonable. Accordingly, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.
We are in receipt of Falcon's pro se motion to obtain new appellate counsel. In view of our decision to remand, we deny that motion as moot. In his motion, Falcon asserts that Judge Haddon is biased against him. We find no basis in the record for Falcon's assertion and, therefore, decline to reassign the case to another judge on remand. This panel retains jurisdiction over any future appeal.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.