Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-21 01:00:49.647879+00
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Case: 23-10504           Document: 73-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/20/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                  ____________
                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                   No. 23-10504
                                 Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                 ____________                               February 20, 2024
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Francisco Gomez Mora,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 3:21-CR-252-1
                  ______________________________

Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
      Francisco Gomez Mora pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with
the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and
possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of
methamphetamine. He appeals the district court’s application of a two-level

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10504       Document: 73-1       Page: 2    Date Filed: 02/20/2024

                                 No. 23-10504

enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(12) for maintaining a
premises for the purpose of drug manufacturing or distribution.
       The district court’s application of the premises enhancement “is a
factual finding reviewed for clear error.” United States v. Guzman-Reyes, 853
F.3d 260, 263 (5th Cir. 2017). As we have observed, § 2B1.1(b)(12) “is
flexible and adaptable to a variety of factual scenarios.” Id. at 265 (internal
quotation marks and citation omitted). Given that the record reflects that
Gomez Mora not only lived in a home that was used as a methamphetamine
conversion lab but also had a significant role in the conspiracy and had
unrestricted access to the premises, we are not left with “a definite and firm
conviction that a mistake has been committed.” United States v. Zuniga, 720
F.3d 587, 590 (5th Cir. 2013) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
Accordingly, the district court did not clearly err in applying the
enhancement. See id.
       AFFIRMED.

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