162482P.pdf   02/15/2017  United States  v.  Antonio Thigpen
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2482
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Beam, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - sentencing. Claim that Iowa third-degree burglary is not a 
   crime of violence for enhancement under Guidelines sec. 2K2.1(a)(2), 
   conceded by the government, is nonetheless harmless error, as the district 
   court stated it would impose the same sentence regardless of the 
   guidelines calculation. Challenge to 4-level increase under Guidelines 
   sec. 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) for altered or obliterated serial number, when only 
   one of three serial numbers was altered, is a matter of first impression. 
   Based on the plain language of the guidelines and in accord with the First 
   and Eleventh Circuits, the district court did not err in applying the 
   enhancement when the serial number on the frame was obliterated. Claim of 
   error in imposing 4-level enhancement under section 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) for 
   possessing a firearm in connection with a felony offense is foreclosed by 
   this court's decision in United States v. Walker. District court did not 
   plainly err in stating it was imposing a non-guidelines sentence, as it 
   engaged in a thorough analysis of the section 3553(a) factors.