Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Eugene HOLLOWAY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-12-20
Citations: 707 F. App'x 872
Docket Number: No. 16-10490
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Eugene HOLLOWAY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 707
Pages: 872–873

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Eugene HOLLOWAY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-10490
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted December 18, 2017
Filed December 20, 2017
Bryan R. Whittaker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USHE — Office of the US Attorney, Helena, MT, J. Douglas Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ-USAO, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Shilpi Agarwal, Esquire, Attorney, Carmen Anamaria Smarandoiu, FPDCA— Federal Public Defenders Office (San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, 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
Kenneth Eugene Holloway appeals from the district court's order denying his second motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Holloway argues that the district court erred by failing to consider adequately his amended Guidelines range, all of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, and by insufficiently explaining its decision. The record reflects the district court acknowledged the reduced Guidelines range and Holloway's eligibility for a reduction. The court noted its reasons for denying Holloway's first motion for a sentence reduction in 2012, and then discussed several of the section 3553(a) factors and its reasons for again denying the reduction in light of those factors. On this record, we conclude that the court considered the section 3553(a) factors and adequately explained the sentence. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (describing what constitutes an adequate explanation and stating that "[t]he district court need not tick off each of the § 3553(a) factors to show that it has considered them").
Holloway also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of his post-sentencing rehabilitation and other mitigating factors. The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reduce Holloway's sentence. See United States v. Dunn, 728 F.3d 1151, 1155 (9th Cir. 2013). Holloway's 147-month sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the section 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant. See id. at 1159-60.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.