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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Antonio CERVANTES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 15-50405
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 11, 2017 
    
    Filed July 17, 2017
    Jean-Claude Andre, Julius J. Nam, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, DOJ—Office of the U-.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Plaintiff-Appellee
    Holly A. Sullivan, Law Office of Holly A. Sullivan, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Antonio Cervantes
    Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App, P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Carlos Antonio Cervantes appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 78-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Cervantes contends that he is entitled to resentencing under United States v. Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d 519 (9th Cir. 2016), because the district court did not consider the 2015 amendment to the minor role guideline, U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2, when evaluating his request for a minor role reduction. We decline to remand because the record reflects that the district court considered the amendment in concluding that Cervantes and his two co-conspirators were not entitled to a minor role adjustment. The record makes clear that the court would not reach a different conclusion if Cervantes’s case were remanded.

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