Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Luis MACIAS, Jr., also known as Mario Macias, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-10
Citations: 672 F. App'x 478
Docket Number: No. 15-50968 Summary Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Luis MACIAS, Jr., also known as Mario Macias, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 672
Pages: 478–479

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Luis MACIAS, Jr., also known as Mario Macias, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
No. 15-50968 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed January 10, 2017
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Mario Luis Macias, Jr., Pro Se
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Mario Luis Macias, Jr., federal prisoner # 81432-280, has applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in this appeal from the denial of his motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduction of his sentence pursuant to Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines and from the denial of his motion for reconsideration of the district court's order. By moving to proceed IFP in this court, Macias is challenging the district court's certification that his appeal is not in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997). Our inquiry "is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous)." Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
Section 3582(c)(2) permits the discretionary modification of a defendant's sentence "in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. [§ ] 994(o)." § 3582(c)(2); see United States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235, 237 (5th Cir. 2009). The Supreme Court has prescribed a two-step inquiry for a district court that is considering a § 3582(c)(2) motion. Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 826, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). Only if a reduction is consistent with § 1B1.10 should a district court proceed to the second step and consider whether a reduction is warranted, as a matter of discretion, in whole or in part under § 3553(a)'s sentencing factors. Id. at 826-27, 130 S.Ct. 2683.
Macias asserts that the district court failed to conduct the. analysis required by Dillon. The district court determined that Macias's sentence fell within the amended guidelines range and that a sentence reduction was unwarranted. Thus, the district court complied with Dillon. See 560 U.S. at 826-27, 130 S.Ct. 2683.
Macias notes that he was sentenced originally at the low end of the guidelines range and that his original sentence is at the high end of the amended range. He complains that the district court failed to consider the statutory sentencing factors in denying a sentence reduction. He asserts that his sentence is disproportionate because it is not at the low end of the amended range. This contention is without merit.
Macias raised his proportionality argument in his motion for reconsideration. We assume that the district court considered the argument in denying the motion. See United States v. Henderson, 636 F.3d 713, 718 (5th Cir. 2011); United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 673 (5th Cir. 2009). Macias has failed to show that his appeal involves a non-frivolous issue. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220.
The request for leave to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47,5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.