Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Renaldo GARCIA, aka Shorty, Defendant-Appellant, Jose Mercede, aka Daddy-O, Julio A. Ortiz, aka Junior, Jorge Badilla, aka Eagle, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-25
Citations: 517 F. App'x 58
Docket Number: No. 12-2263-cr
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Renaldo GARCIA, aka Shorty, Defendant-Appellant, Jose Mercede, aka Daddy-O, Julio A. Ortiz, aka Junior, Jorge Badilla, aka Eagle, Defendants.
Judges: Present: GUIDO CALABRESI, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 517
Pages: 58–60

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Renaldo GARCIA, aka Shorty, Defendant-Appellant, Jose Mercede, aka Daddy-O, Julio A. Ortiz, aka Junior, Jorge Badilla, aka Eagle, Defendants.
No. 12-2263-cr.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
April 25, 2013.
Peter A. Norling, Erik D. Paulsen, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.
Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Harwinton, CT, for Defendant-Appellant.
Present: GUIDO CALABRESI, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the order of the district court be AFFIRMED.
Defendant-Appellant Renaldo Garcia appeals from an order of the district court (Gleeson, /.) entered May 10, 2012, denying his motion made pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduction of an imposed term of imprisonment. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case, and with the issues on appeal.
Garcia argues that the district court erred in denying his motion without appointing him counsel or holding an eviden-tiary hearing. The provision of legal counsel to indigent defendants in post-appeal motions for a reduction of sentence rests in the discretion of the district court. United States v. Reddick, 53 F.3d 462, 465 (2d Cir.1995). "The apparent merits of the motion will no doubt be a significant factor in the exercise of that discretion." Id. at n. 2. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Garcia's motion without appointing counsel because Garcia was plainly ineligible for a reduction of sentence for substantially the reasons stated in the district court's May 10, 2012 order. Garcia's motion did not present complex or potentially meritorious legal or factual issues which would have necessitated or benefitted from the assistance of counsel. Since it was "readily ascertainable from the record that [Garcia] was ineligible for a reduction in sentence, the court did not abuse its discretion" in denying his request for counsel. United States v. Cirineo, 372 Fed.Appx. 178, 179-80 (2d Cir.2010) (summary order).
Garcia's argument that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing is likewise unavailing. A court deciding a motion for sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) is not required to hold full resentencing proceedings with the defendant present. See U.S.S.G. § lB1.10(a)(3); Fed.R.Crim.P. 43(b)(4); Dillon v. United States, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 2692, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). Moreover, the Guidelines require that "parties shall be given an adequate opportunity to present information to the court" only when an important sentencing factor is "reasonably in dispute," U.S.S.G. § 6A1.3(a), and written submissions "may be adequate under many circumstances," id. § 6A1.3 cmt. The quantity of drugs attributable to Garcia was not reasonably in dispute given the district court's finding during a 2008 Fatico hearing, see United States v. Fatico, 603 F.2d 1053 (2d Cir.1979), that more than 4.5 kilograms of crack cocaine were attributable to his co-conspirator, and in light of admissions made by Garcia and his co-conspirators during proffer sessions. Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Garcia's motion without holding an evidentiary hearing.
We have reviewed the rest of Garcia's arguments and find them to be without merit. For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.