United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-2278 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SERGIO GAMEZ, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division. No. 2:19-cr-00114-JD-JEM-1 — Jon E. DeGuilio, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED APRIL 11, 2023 — DECIDED JANUARY 2, 2024 ____________________

Before SCUDDER, ST. EVE, and LEE, Circuit Judges. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge. Sergio Gamez challenges the 15- year mandatory minimum federal sentence he received under the Armed Career Criminal Act, which applies to persons with three or more violent felonies who are convicted of pos- sessing a firearm as a felon. We previously certified this case to the Indiana Supreme Court for guidance on the elements of Indiana arson—one of Gamez’s prior felony convictions. The state’s supreme court declin