United States of America v. Oscar Andres Macias- Sandoval

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
OSCAR ANDRES MACIAS-
SANDOVAL,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50053
D.C. No. 3:14-cr-02306-LAB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 14, 2016**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Oscar Andres Macias-Sandoval appeals from the district court’s judgment
and challenges the 78-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea
conviction for importation of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952
FILED
DEC 19 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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and 960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate and remand for
resentencing.
Macias-Sandoval argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role
reduction to his base offense level under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2. After Macias-Sandoval
was sentenced, the United States Sentencing Commission issued Amendment 794
(“the Amendment”), which amended the commentary to the minor role Guideline.
The Amendment is retroactive to cases pending on direct appeal. See United States
v. Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d 519, 523 (9th Cir. 2016). The Amendment added a
non-exhaustive list of factors that a court “should consider” in determining whether
to apply a minor role reduction. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 cmt. n.3(C) (2015).
Because we cannot determine from the record whether the district court considered
all of the now-relevant factors, we vacate Macias-Sandoval’s sentence and remand
for resentencing. See Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24.
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Macias-Sandoval’s claim that his
sentence is substantively unreasonable.
VACATED and REMANDED for resentencing.
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