N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lle e , v. NORM A M AR GAR ITA B ARR ANC ASSANC HEZ, a .k.a . Norm a M . B arranc a sSanc he z , De fe nda

n t-Appe l la

nt. No. 14-50249

D.C . No. 3:13-c r-04085-LAB M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Southe rn Distric t of C a lifornia Larry A. B urns, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d Se pte m

be r 13, 2016 * * B e fore : HAW K INS, N.R . SM ITH, a nd HUR W ITZ, C irc uit Judge s. Norm a M a rgarita B arranc a s-Sanc he z a

ppe a ls from

the distric t

c ourt’ s judgm e nt a

nd c ha l le nge s the 68-m onth se nte nc e im pose d following her guilty -ple a c onvic tion for im

porta tion of m e tha

m phe tam ine , in viola

tion of 21 U.S.C . §§ 952 

# FIL ED SEP 19 2016 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).and 960. W e have jurisdic t ion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a nd we va c ate and re m and for re se nte nc i ng. B arranc a s-Sanc he z argue s tha t the distric t c ourt e rre d in de ny ing a m inor role re duc tion to her ba se offe nse le ve l unde r U.S.S.G. § 3B 1.2(b). Afte r B arran c a s-Sanc he z wa s se nte nc e d, the Unite d State s Se nte nc ing C om

m ission issue d Am e ndm e nt 794 (“ the Am e ndm e nt” ), whic h am e nde d the c om m e nta ry to the m inor role Guide line . The Am e ndm e nt is re troa c tive to c a se s pe nding on dire c t a ppe a l. Se e Unite d State

s v . Quinte ro-Le

y v a , 823 F.3d 519, 523 (9th C ir. 2016). The Am e ndm e nt c la

rifie d tha t, in a sse s sing whe the r a

de fe nda n t should re c e ive a m inor role a djustm e nt, the c ourt should c om pa re he r to the othe r pa rtic i pa nts in the c rim e , rathe r tha n to a hy pothe tic a l a

ve ra ge pa rtic ipa nt. Se e U.S.S.G. App. C . Am e nd. 794; Quinte ro-Le y v a , 823 F.3d a

t 523. In a ddition, the Am e ndm e nt c la

rifie d tha t “ [t] he fa c t tha

t a de fe nda nt pe rform s a

n e sse ntia l or indispe nsa

ble role in the c rim ina l a c tivity is not de te rm inative .” U.S.S.G. § 3B 1.2 c m t. n.3(C ) (2015). Fina lly , the Am e ndm e nt a dde d a non-e xha ustive list of fa c tors that a c ourt “ should c onside r” in de te rm ining whe the r to a pply a m inor role re duc t ion. Se e id. B e c a

use we c annot de te rm ine from the re c ord whe the r the distric t c o urt followe d

the guida nc e of the Am e ndm e nt’ s c la rify ing la n gua g e and c onside re d a ll of thenow-re le va nt fa c tors, we va c ate B arranc a s-Sanc he z ’ s se nte nc e 1 4 - 5 0 2 4 9 2and re m and for re s e nte nc ing unde r the Am e ndm e nt. Se e Quinte ro-Le y v a , 823 F.3d at 523-24. In light of this disposition, we do not re a c h B arranc a s-Sanc he z ’ s c la i m tha t he r se nte n c e is substa

ntive ly unre a s ona

b le . V ACAT E D and RE M ANDE D for r e se nte nc i ng.

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