ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

Defendant Jesus Rodriguez ("Defendant") was convicted by a jury of two counts of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute at Least 50 Grams of Methamphetamine and sentenced to 235 months of imprisonment. On November 23, 2016, Defendant, who is represented by counsel, filed a Motion to Reduce Sentence, which the Government opposes. ECF Nos. 193, 198.1 For the reasons that follow, the Court affirms its prior denial of Defendant's Motion.

Defendant seeks to reduce his sentence in light of the United States Sentencing Commission's passage of Amendment 782. Generally, Amendment 782 revised downward by two levels the Drug Quantity Table in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1. Although Amendment 782 became effective November 1, 2014, it applies retroactively. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(d), (e)(1).

"When the Commission makes a Guidelines amendment retroactive, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) authorizes a district court to reduce an otherwise final sentence that is based on the amended provision." Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 821 (2010). "Any reduction must be consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." Id. "The relevant policy statement, USSG § 1B1.10, instructs courts proceeding under § 3582(c)(2) to substitute the amended Guidelines range while `leav[ing] all other guideline application decisions unaffected.'" Id. (quoting U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(1)). Under § 3582(c)(2), a court may then grant a reduction within the amended Guidelines range if it determines that one is warranted "`after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) to the extent that they are applicable.'" Id. at 822. "Except in limited circumstances, however, § 1B1.10(b)(2)(A) forecloses a court acting under § 3582(c)(2) from reducing a sentence `to a term that is less than the minimum of the amended guideline range.'"2 Id. In addition, "a reduction in the defendant's term of imprisonment . . . is not authorized under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) if . . . [the] amendment . . . does not have the effect of lowering the defendant's applicable guideline range." U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B).

Defendant is not eligible for a reduction because, except under circumstances not applicable here, the Court may not resentence Defendant to a sentence that is below the bottom of the amended guideline range. Id., § 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 determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection."). When Defendant was originally sentenced, it was pursuant to a Total Offense level of 40, Criminal History Category I, and a guideline range of 292-365 months. Defendant's amended Total Offense Level would be 38, which, along with a Criminal History Category I, results in a guideline range of 235-293 months. Because Defendant's sentence already falls at the low-end of the adjusted guideline range, Defendant is ineligible for a reduction, and his Motion (ECF No. 193) is DENIED. See United States v. Ornelas, 825 F.3d 548 (9th Cir. 2016).

IT IS SO ORDERED.