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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodrigo Colmenares Y SANCHEZ-SOTO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 16-50370
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted December 18, 2017 
    
    Filed December 21, 2017
    Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Michael Emerson Lasater, Esquire, U.S. Attorney, Daniel Earl Zipp, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Rodrigo Colmenares Y Sanchez-Soto, Pro' Se
    Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Rodrigo Colmenares Y Sanchez-Soto appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Sanchez-Soto contends that he is entitled to a sentence reduction under Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. We review de novo whether a district court had authority to modify a sentence under section 3682(c)(2). See United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir. 2009). Given the quantity of drugs involved in Sanchez-Soto’s offense, Amendment 782 did not lower his sentencing range. See U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c)(1) (2014). Therefore, a reduction is not authorized under section 3682(c)(2). See U.S.S.G. § lB1.10(a)(2)(B) (2014); United States v. Mercado-Moreno, 869 F.3d 942, 948-49 (9th Cir. 2017).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.