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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Eugene HOLLOWAY, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 16-10490
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted December 18, 2017 
    
    Filed December 20, 2017
    Bryan R. Whittaker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USHE — Office of the US Attorney, Helena, MT, J. Douglas Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ-USAO, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Shilpi Agarwal, Esquire, Attorney, Carmen Anamaria Smarandoiu, FPDCA— Federal Public Defenders Office (San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
    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

Kenneth Eugene Holloway appeals from the district court’s order denying his second 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.

Holloway argues that the district court erred by failing to consider adequately his amended Guidelines range, all of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, and by insufficiently explaining its decision. The record reflects the district court acknowledged the reduced Guidelines range and Holloway’s eligibility for a reduction. The court noted its reasons for denying Holloway’s first motion for a sentence reduction in 2012, and then discussed several of the section 3553(a) factors and its reasons for again denying the reduction in light of those factors. On this record, we conclude that the court considered the section 3553(a) factors and adequately explained the sentence. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (describing what constitutes an adequate explanation and stating that “[t]he district court need not tick off each of the § 3553(a) factors to show that it has considered them”).

Holloway also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of his post-sentencing rehabilitation and other mitigating factors. The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reduce Holloway’s sentence. See United States v. Dunn, 728 F.3d 1151, 1155 (9th Cir. 2013). Holloway’s 147-month sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the section 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant. See id. at 1159-60.

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