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Summary: Case: 18-50764 Document: 00515181897 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 18-50764 FILED Summary Calendar October 31, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. FLORENCE MONROE LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 6:11-CR-104-3 Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIA
Summary: Case: 18-50764 Document: 00515181897 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 18-50764 FILED Summary Calendar October 31, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. FLORENCE MONROE LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 6:11-CR-104-3 Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM..
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Case: 18-50764 Document: 00515181897 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
No. 18-50764 FILED
Summary Calendar October 31, 2019
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
FLORENCE MONROE LOPEZ,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 6:11-CR-104-3
Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Florence Monroe Lopez, federal prisoner # 79440-280, was convicted in
2011 of a drug conspiracy and sentenced to 168 months of imprisonment. He
filed a motion pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a sentence reduction based
on Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines; the district
court denied the motion, and this court dismissed Lopez’s appeal as frivolous.
Lopez then filed a second Section 3582(c)(2) motion based on Amendment 782,
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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which the district court also denied. He now appeals the denial of that second
motion. We affirm.
We review the denial of Lopez’s Section 3582(c)(2) motion for an abuse of
discretion. United States v. Henderson,
636 F.3d 713, 717 (5th Cir. 2011).
Because we can determine from the record that the district court implicitly
considered Lopez’s Section 3582(c)(2) motion and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
sentencing factors, his challenge to the sufficiency of the district court’s
explanation is unpersuasive. See
id. at 718. His argument that a reduction
was warranted in light of the Section 3553(a) factors, which include his
postsentencing conduct, is insufficient to demonstrate an abuse of discretion.
See
id. at 717; United States v. Evans,
587 F.3d 667, 673 & nn.9–10 (5th Cir.
2009). Finally, Lopez cites no authority in support of his argument that the
district court was required to prepare a new presentence report.
AFFIRMED.
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