                                                                            FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              DEC 19 2016

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS



                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 15-50402

              Plaintiff-Appellee,                D.C. No. 3:15-cr-01579-WQH

 v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
RAFAEL ZAMARRIPA-BACA,

              Defendant-Appellant.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of California
                    William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted December 14, 2016**

Before:      WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

      Rafael Zamarripa-Baca appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges the 32-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for

importation of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate and remand for resentencing.

      *
             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).
      Zamarripa-Baca argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role

reduction to his base offense level under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). After Zamarripa-

Baca 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 added a non-exhaustive list of factors that a court “should consider” in

determining whether to apply a minor role reduction. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 cmt.

n.3(C) (2015). Because we cannot determine from the record whether the district

court considered all of the now-relevant factors, we vacate Zamarripa-Baca’s

sentence and remand for resentencing. See Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24.

      VACATED and REMANDED for resentencing.




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