Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ezequiel GUILLEN-CAMPOS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-23
Citations: 674 F. App'x 745
Docket Number: No. 15-50461
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ezequiel GUILLEN-CAMPOS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 674
Pages: 745–745

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ezequiel GUILLEN-CAMPOS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50461
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed January 23, 2017
Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charlotte E. Kaiser, Office of the US Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee
Matthew J. Lombard, Attorney, Matthew J. Lombard Law Offices, Los Ange-les, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, 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
Ezequiel Guillen-Campos appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 51-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for importation of heroin, 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.
Guillen-Campos argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role reduetion to his base level offense under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). After Guillen-Campos 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 Guillen-Campos's sentence and remand for resentencing under the Amendment. See Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24.
VACATED and REMANDED for re-sentencing.
xhis disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.