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Case: 22-10966         Document: 00516837811             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/28/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                           Fifth Circuit

                                                                                         FILED
                                       No. 22-10966                                   July 28, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                                                                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________
                                                                                           Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Qualan Bullock,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:21-CR-420-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Defendant-Appellant Qualan Bullock pleaded guilty to possession of
   a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1),
   924(a)(2). Bullock contends that the district court erred when it enhanced
   his offense level by four for possessing a firearm “in connection with another
   felony offense” per U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B).

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-10966      Document: 00516837811          Page: 2   Date Filed: 07/28/2023

                                    No. 22-10966

          We review the sentencing court’s factual findings for clear error. See
   United States v. Coleman, 609 F.3d 699, 708 (5th Cir. 2010). “A factual
   finding is not clearly erroneous if it is plausible in light of the record as a
   whole.” United States v. Alcantar, 733 F.3d 143, 146 (5th Cir. 2013) (internal
   quotation marks and citation omitted).
          The district court did not err in holding that Bullock was involved in
   drug distribution offenses for purposes of the enhancement. See Alcantar, 733
   F.3d at 146-48; Trujillo, 502 F.3d at 357; § 2K2.1, comment. (n.14(B)(ii)). We
   need only find that the district court’s inferences are plausible, which they
   are in light of the record. Coleman, 609 F.3d at 708. “Where there are two
   permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them
   cannot be clearly erroneous.” United States v. Harris, 740 F.3d 956, 967 (5th
   Cir. 2014) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Bullock’s various
   contentions—his challenging of the district court’s consideration of the
   quantity of drugs that he possessed, his possession of a scale, and his
   conversation with his girlfriend—are unavailing. See United States v. Juarez,
   626 F.3d 246, 256 (5th Cir. 2010).
          The district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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