Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector Rafael CORRALES EDEZA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-10-03
Citations: 669 F. App'x 437
Docket Number: No. 15-50028
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector Rafael CORRALES EDEZA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN,' and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 437–438

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector Rafael CORRALES EDEZA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50028
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted September 27, 2016
Filed October 3, 2016
Meghan Heesch, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, San Diego County Office/Fed. Office Bldg, Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mayra L. Garcia, Attorney, Law Office of Mayra L. Garcia, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN,' and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Hector Rafael Corrales Edeza appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 57-month sentence imposed following his gnilty-plea conviction for importation of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and 960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand for resentencing.
Corrales Edeza argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role reduction to his basé offense level under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). After Corrales Edeza was sentenced, the United States Sentencing Commission issued Amendment 794 ("the Amendment"), which amended the commentary to the minor role Guideline. The Amendment is retroactive to cases pending on direct appeal. See United States v. Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d 519, 523 (9th Cir. 2016).
The Amendment clarified that, in assessing whether a defendant should receive a minor role adjustment, the court should compare him to the other participants in the crime, rather than to a hypothetical average participant. See U.S.S.G. App. C. Amend. 794; Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523. In addition, the Amendment clarified that "[t]he fact that a defendant performs an essential or indispensable role in the criminal activity is not determinative." U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 cmt. n.3(C) (2015). Finally, the Amendment added a non-exhaustive list of factors that a court "should consider" in determining whether to apply a minor role reduction. See id. Because we cannot determine from the record whether the district court followed the guidance of the Amendment's clarifying language and considered all of the now-relevant factors, we vacate Corrales Edeza's sentence and remand for resentencing under the Amendment. See Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24.
VACATED and REMANDED for re-sentencing.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.