Opinion ID: 213195
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: standard of review

Text: This court reviews a district court’s decision “whether to reduce a sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion, . . . its interpretation of the Guidelines de novo, and its findings of fact for clear error.” United States 6 v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 672 (5th Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 3462 (2010) (internal citations omitted). “A district court abuses its discretion if it bases its decision on an error of law or a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.” United States v. Smith, 417 F.3d 483, 486–87 (5th Cir. 2005) (internal quotation marks and footnote omitted).