Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Julian OROZCO-LOPEZ, also known as Jose Julian Orozco-Torres, also known as Jose Julian Lopez-Torres, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-11-04
Citations: 622 F. App'x 439
Docket Number: No. 15-10116
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Julian OROZCO-LOPEZ, also known as Jose Julian Orozco-Torres, also known as Jose Julian Lopez-Torres, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 622
Pages: 439–440

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Julian OROZCO-LOPEZ, also known as Jose Julian Orozco-Torres, also known as Jose Julian Lopez-Torres, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-10116
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 4, 2015.
James Wesley Hendrix, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jose Julian Orozco-Lopez, Herlong, CA, pro se.
Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Julian Orozco-Lopez, federal prisoner # 41253-177, is serving a 324-month term of imprisonment for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. He appeals the district court's denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a reduction of sentence based on Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which lowered the base offense levels in the drug quantity table set forth in U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(c). Or-ozco-Lopez asks this court to appoint counsel in his case.
At his original sentencing, Orozco-Lopez was assigned a base offense level of 38 under § 2Dl.l(c)(l) because his offense involved the equivalent of 324,437.32 kilograms of marijuana. Under amended § 2Dl.l(c), Orozco-Lopez's base offense level remains 38. § 2Dl.l(c)(l). In determining the effect of an amendment for purposes of § 3582(c)(2), a defendant's other applicable sentencing adjustments and criminal history remain unchanged. U.S.S.G. § lB1.10(b)(l). Thus, Amendment 782 did not lower Orozco-Lopez's applicable guidelines range of 324-405 months of imprisonment, and § 3582(c)(2) does not authorize a reduction in his sentence. See § lB1.10(a)(2)(B), p.s.
Orozco-Lopez complains that the district court should not have based its decision on his presentence report without giving him notice and an opportunity to challenge its reliability. He also complains that the district court denied his motion without considering the 18 U.S.C. § 3653(a) factors and gave him no opportunity to respond to its decision. He has not shown an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Hernandez, 645 F.3d 709, 711-12 (5th Cir.2011). Nor has he shown that the district court abused its discretion by declining to appoint counsel. We will not consider Orozco-Lopez's challenges to his conviction and original sentence, which are raised for the first time on appeal and are not cognizable in a § 3582(c)(2) motion. See United States v. Whitebird, 55 F.3d 1007, 1010-11 (5th Cir.1995).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Orozco-Lopez's motion for the appointment of appellate counsel is DENIED.
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.