In United States v. Gordillo, No. 18-12095 (Apr. 17,
2019) (Marcus, Black, Walker), the Court upheld the defendant's sentence
against a guideline challenge.
Specifically, the defendant challenged his base offense
level under 2K2.1 on the ground that his offense did not involve a
semi-automatic firearm in "close proximity" to a high-capacity
magazine. The Court concluded that a
high-capacity magazine in a bag was in "close proximity" to a locked
firearm in a case ten feet away in the same room. The Court interpreted "close
proximity" to encompass both physical distance and accessibility. Here, ten feet was close physical proximity,
and the Court rejected the defendant's argument that the firearm was
inaccessible just because it was locked in a separate container.
