UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

 v. 

JOSE LUIS VILLASENOR, a.k.a. Booger 

Eyes, a.k.a. Green Eyes, 

Defendant-Appellant.

No. 16-50296 

D.C. No. 2:11-cr-00050-GAF-TJH

Central District of California, 

Los Angeles 

ORDER

Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Villasenor’s petition for panel rehearing (Docket Entry No. 22) is granted. 

The memorandum disposition filed on May 17, 2018, is withdrawn. A 

replacement memorandum disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.

Villasenor’s petition for rehearing en banc is denied as moot.

No further petitions for rehearing will be entertained in this case.

FILED

OCT 9 2018

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

 v. 

JOSE LUIS VILLASENOR, a.k.a. Booger 

Eyes, a.k.a. Green Eyes, 

Defendant-Appellant.

No. 16-50296 

D.C. No. 2:11-cr-00050-GAF-TJH

MEMORANDUM*

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

Terry J. Hatter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 15, 2018**

Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Jose Luis Villasenor 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 vacate and remand.

Villasenor contends that he is eligible for a sentence reduction under 

 

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent 

except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision 

without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

FILED

OCT 9 2018

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
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Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. We review de novo whether a 

district court had authority to modify a sentence under section 3582(c)(2). See 

United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir. 2009). Because Villasenor 

was sentenced after the district court accepted the parties’ Federal Rule of Criminal 

Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, he is not eligible for relief under section 

3582(c)(2) unless “the district court’s decision to accept the plea and impose the 

recommended sentence was based on the Guidelines.” United States v. Davis, 825 

F.3d 1014, 1027 (9th Cir. 2016) (en banc) (quotations omitted).

The Supreme Court recently clarified that “a sentence imposed pursuant to a 

Type-C agreement is ‘based on’ the defendant’s Guidelines range so long as that 

range was part of the framework the district court relied on in imposing the 

sentence or accepting the agreement.” Hughes v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1765, 

1775 (2018). The district court in this case did not have the benefit of Hughes

when it denied Villasenor’s motion; therefore, we vacate its order denying relief

and remand. On remand, the district court shall determine whether Villasenor is 

eligible for a sentence reduction under Hughes and, if so, whether he should 

receive a reduction in light of the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Dillon 

v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 826 (2010).

VACATED and REMANDED.