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s e n t e n c e u n d e r1 8 U . S. C. § 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) . W e a f f i rm. S ec t i on 35 82 (c )( 2) al l ow s am od i fi ca t i on of a t erm of i m pri sonm entw hen tw o requi re m ent s are sa t i sf i ed: (1) the se nt ence i s bas ed on a s ent enci ng rang e that s ubs e que nt l yha s be e n l ow e r e d bythe S e nt e nc i ng C om m i s s i on; a nd ( 2) s uc h a 

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r e duc t i on i s c ons i s t e ntw i th appl i c abl e pol i c ys t a t e m e nt s i s s ue d bythe S e nt e nc i ng C o m m is s io n . See U

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a ters , 6 4 8 F .3 d1 1 1 4 , 1 1 1 6 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 1 ) . E ve n a s s um i ng A ndr os c a n s a t i s f ythe f i r s tr e qui r e m e nt , he c a nnots a t i s f ythe s e c ond. T h e ap p li cab le p o li cy statem en t p ro v id es th at a r ed u ctio n in a d ef en d an t’ s t e rm of i m pr i s onm e nti s notauthor i z e d i f a n a m e ndm e ntt o the S e nt e nc i ng G u id e lin e s “d o e s n o t h a v e th e e f f e c t o f lo w e r in g th e d e f

e n d a n t’s ap p lic ab le gu i del i ne rang e. ” U . S . S . G . § 1 B 1. 10 (a )( 2). T he t erm “ appl i cabl e gui del i ne rang e” re fe rs t o the defendant ’ s gui del i ne rang e bef ore appl i c a t i on of

a nyde pa rtur e or v a r ia n c e . Se e U

ni te d States v . P le as ant , — F .3 d . — , 2 0 1 3 W L 1 1 8 9 2 , a t * 3 ( 9 th C i r. Jan. 2, 20 13 ). A nd ros’ pre- vari ance appl i cabl e gui del i ne rang e w as hi s c ar ee r o ff en d erra n g e u n d erU .S .S .G . § 4 B 1 .1 . T h e S en ten cin g C o m m issio n ’s a m e n d m e n ts to th e G u id e lin e s h a v e n o t lo w e r e dth a t g u id e lin e r a n g e . See U ni ted State s v . W

es s on , 5 8 3 F .3 d7 2 8 , 7 3 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) . A n d r o s is th e r e f o r e in e lig ib le for are du ct i on of se nt ence . A nd ros poi nt s outthathi s app l i cabl e gui del i ne rang e has , i n fac t , been lo w er ed . T h is re d u ctio n , h o w ev er , res u lt s f ro m th e F air S en ten cin g A ct’s am endm ent s t o 2 1 U . S . C . § 8 41 and the op er at i on of § 4 B 1. 1, no tfr om an am endm entt o the G ui del i nes M anual . T hi s r educt i on there fore do es no tsa t i sf yT h e c o u rt w ill h o ldis s u a n c e o f th e m a n d a te in th is c a s e u n til th e m a n d a te 1 i s s ue s i n U

ni te d States v . P le as ant , N o. 12- 10213, — F . 3d. — , 2013 W L 11892 (9th C i r. Jan. 2, 20 13 ). 3 § 1 B 1 .1 0 . See U . S . S . G . § 1B 1. 10( a ) ( 2) ( “ A r e duc t i on i n the de f e nda nt ’ s t e rm of i m pr i s onm e nti s notc ons i s t e ntw i th thi s pol i c ys t a t e m e nta nd the r e f or e i s not au th o r iz e du n d e r1 8 U .S .C . 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) if . . . [ a ]n a m e n d m e n t lis te din s u b s e c tio n ( c ) d o e s n o t h a v e th e e f f e c t o f lo w e r in g th e d e f

e n d a n t’s ap p lic ab le gu i del i ne rang e. ”) . 1 AF F I RME D.