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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                          FILED
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       NOV 1 2016
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 15-10365

                  Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 5:05-cr-00516-EJD

   v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM*
 ALFONSO CERVANTES REYES,

                  Defendant-Appellant.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of California
                    Edward J. Davila, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted October 25, 2016**

Before:       LEAVY, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

        Alfonso Cervantes Reyes appeals pro se from the district court’s order

denying his 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.

        The government objects to the timeliness of the appeal. Construing

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
        **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Cervantes Reyes’s pro se filings liberally, see Orona v. United States, 826 F.3d

1196, 1199 (9th Cir. 2016), we treat his motion to vacate the district court’s order

denying his motion for a sentence reduction as a motion for reconsideration. So

treated, Cervantes Reyes’s notice of appeal was timely filed. See United States v.

Belgarde, 300 F.3d 1177, 1180 (9th Cir. 2002) (“A motion for reconsideration is

timely if it is filed within the time for appeal . . . and an appeal is timely if it is

filed within the time to appeal after the denial of the motion for reconsideration.”)

       Cervantes Reyes contends that he is entitled to a sentence reduction under

Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. We review de novo whether a

district court had authority to modify a sentence under section 3582(c)(2). See

United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir. 2009). Assuming without

deciding that Cervantes Reyes is eligible for a two-point reduction in his base

offense level, the district court correctly concluded that Cervantes Reyes is

ineligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 782 because his sentence is

already below the minimum of the amended Guidelines range. See U.S.S.G.

§ 1B1.10(b)(2)(A) (“[T]he court shall not reduce the defendant’s term of

imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and this policy statement to a term that

is less than the minimum of the amended guideline range.”). Cervantes Reyes’s

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claims to the contrary are not cognizable in a section 3582(c)(2) proceeding. See

Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 826 (2010) (section 3582(c)(2) does not

permit a “plenary resentencing proceeding”).

      To the extent that Cervantes Reyes claims that the district court erred by

failing to grant his motion for an extension of time to file a reply to the

government’s opposition to his motion for a sentence reduction, the district court

did not abuse its discretion because Cervantes Reyes is not entitled to a sentence

reduction. See Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1136 (9th Cir. 1987).

      AFFIRMED.

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