Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sissy Jazmin SOLANO-YANEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-10-03
Citations: 669 F. App'x 429
Docket Number: No. 15-50056
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sissy Jazmin SOLANO-YANEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sissy Jazmin SOLANO-YANEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50056
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted September 27, 2016
Filed October 03, 2016
Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA.
Sarah Rose Weinman, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA.
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, 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
Sissy Jazmin Solano-Yanez appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 50-month sentence imposed following her guilty-plea conviction for importation of methamphetamine, 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.
Solano-Yanez argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role reduc tion to her base offense level under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). After Solano-Yanez was sentenced, the United States Sentencing Commission issued Améndment 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 her 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 Solano-Yanez's sentence and remand for resentencing under the Amendment. See Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24.
VACATED and REMANDED for re-sentencing.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.