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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Duane Lamar BYERS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 15-40274
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 13, 2015.
    Eileen K. Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Duane Lamar Byers, Seagoville, TX, pro se.
    Before GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Dwayne Lamar Byers, federal prisoner # 96454-279, seeks leave to proceed in for-ma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence based on retroactive Amendment 782 to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1. By moving to proceed IFP, Byers is challenging the district court’s certification that his appeal was not taken in good faith because it is frivolous. Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997).

Byers contends that the district court erred in determining that he was not eligible for the sentencing reduction. However, as he simultaneously concedes, the district court found him eligible for the reduction but declined to exercise its discretion to reduce his sentence, .determining that relief was unwarranted based on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. See Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 827, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). Alternatively, Byers argues that the district court abused its discretion in denying a sentencing reduction without a sufficient explanation and based on factors which were known at the time of original sentencing. He complains that the district court failed to- consider new factors, in-eluding his participation in a residential drug treatment program.

The record reflects that the district court considered Byers’s motion as a whole, gave specific reasons for its denial, and referenced the relevant § 3553(a) factors. Byers thus cannot show an abuse of discretion on the district court’s part. See United States v. Henderson, 636 F.3d 713, 717 (5th Cir.2011); United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 673 (5th Cir.2009).

Byers has failed to show that he will raise a nonfrivolous issue on appeal. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Accordingly, his IFP motion is DENIED. Additionally, because this appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See 5th Cik. R. 42.2. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.