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. EFR EN GALLEGOS-R

AYM U NDO, De fe nda n t-Appe l la

nt. No. 15-30099

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UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A,

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AYM U NDO, De fe nda n t-Appe l la

nt. No. 15-30101

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# F IL ED MAY18 2017 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

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AYM U NDO, De fe nda n t-Appe l la

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Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the W e ste rn Distric t of W a shington Jam e s L. R oba

rt, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d a nd Subm itte d M ay 9, 2017 Se a ttle , W a s hington B e fore : M c K EOW

N, B E A, a

n d N.R . SM ITH, C i rc u it Judge s. Efre n Ga lle gos-R a

y m undo a ppe a ls the distric t

c o urt’ s orde r granting his
m otion for re duc tion in se nte nc e and re duc ing his se nte nc e from 78 m onths to 75
m onths. He argue s the distric t c ourt should ha ve re duc e d his se nte nc e by a gre a te r am ount. W e have jurisdic tion to he ar this a ppe a l, 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a nd we va c a te
and re m and. Se c tion 3582(c )(2) of Title 18 of the Unite d State s C ode “ a uthoriz e s distric t
c ourts to m odify

an im pose d se nte nc e ‘ in the c a se of a de fe nda n t who ha s be e n se nte nc e d to a

te rm of im

prisonm e nt ba se d on a

se nte nc ing ra

nge that ha s subse q ue ntly be e n lowe re d by

the Se nte nc ing C om

m ission.’ ” Unite d State

s
v . Dunn , 728 F.3d 1151, 1155 (9th C ir. 2013) (quoting 18 U.S.C . § 3582(c )(2)). W he n c onside ring a

§ 3582(c )(2) m otion, a distric t c ourt m ust a pply a “ two-ste p 2inquiry .” Dillon v . Unite d State s , 560 U.S. 817, 826 (2010). “ First, a distric t c ourt
m ust de te rm ine whe the r a prisone r is e ligiblefor a se nte nc e m odific a tion.” Dunn , 728 F.3d a

t 1155. The pa

rtie s a gre e tha

t Ga lle gos-R aym

undo is e ligiblefor a
se nte nc e re duc t i on, be c a

use Am e ndm e nt 782 to the Se nte nc ing Guide line s lowe re d

“ the guide line range a

pplic a ble to [him ] ” a fte r he wa s initia lly se nte nc e d, se e U.S. Se nte n c i ng Guide l ine s M anua l § 1B 1.10(a )(1), (d) (U.S. Se nte nc ing C om m ’ n 2015), a nd his se nte nc e “ b a se d on” tha t guide line range , se e 18 U.S.C
. § 3582(c )(2). At ste p two, “ a

distric t c ourt m

ust ‘ c onside r any

a pplic a b le [18 U.S.C .] § 3553(a ) fa c tors a

nd de t e rm ine whe the r, in its disc re tion, there duc tion a uthoriz e d by re fe re n c e to the polic ie s re le va nt a t ste p one is wa

rra nte d in wholeor in pa

rt unde r the pa

rtic ula r c irc um sta

nc e s of the c a se .’ ” Dunn , 728 F.3d a t 1155 (quoting Dillon , 560 U.S. a

t 827). “ The distric t c ourt’ s duty to c onside r the § 3553(a ) fa c t ors ne c e ssa

rily e nta ils a duty to providea

suffic ie nt e xpla

nation of the
se nte nc ing de c i s ion to pe rm it m e aningful a ppe lla te re vie w .” Unite d State

s v . Trujillo , 713 F.3d 1003, 1009 (9th C ir. 2013) (c iting Unite d State s v . C arty , 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th C ir. 2008) (e n ba nc )). In a ddition, “

whe n a pa rty ra ise s a spe c ific , nonfrivolous a

rgum e nt te the re d to a

re le va nt § 3553(a) fa c tor . . . the n the

3judge should norm a lly e xpla in why

he a c c e pts or re

j e c ts the pa

rty ’ s position.” Id. (om ission in origina

l) (quoting C

arty , 520 F.3d a

t 992–93). The distric t c ourt did not provide any e xpla nation for its de c ision to re duc e Ga lle gos-R ay

m undo’ s se nte nc e from

78 m onths to 75 m

onths. Thus, the

distric t
c ourt ha s not m e t its duty to e xpla in its c o nside ra tion of the§ 3553(a ) fa c tors a nd
any spe c ific argum e nts ra ise d by the pa rtie s. Se e id. a t 1009–10. “ [T] his wa s le ga l
e rror.” Id. a t 1011. The re fore , we m u st va c a te the distric t

c ourt’ s orde r and
re m and this c a se so the distric t c ourt c a n provide the re quisite e xpla nation. V ACAT E D and RE M ANDE D .

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