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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Westcott James Daniel   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LEGACY RESERVES LP [LGCY] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP and CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) 303 W. WALL, SUITE 1800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/18/2016 (Street) MIDLAND, TX 79701 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Units representing limited partner interests 02/18/2016   M   2,385 A $ 0 (1) 83,074 (2) D   Units representing limited partner interests 02/18/2016   F   1,125 D $ 0.86 (3) 81,949 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Units

(1)

02/18/2016

M

2,385

(4)(5)

(4)(5)

Units

2,385

$ 0

134,852 (6)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Westcott James Daniel 303 W. WALL, SUITE 1800 MIDLAND, TX 79701			EVP and CFO

Signatures

/s/ James Daniel Westcott		03/07/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each phantom unit represents the economic equivalent of a unit representing a limited partner interest in Legacy Reserves LP.
(2)	Includes 60,000 restricted units scheduled to vest on September 24, 2017.
(3)	Reflects the closing price of the units on February 18, 2016.
(4)	Phantom units granted prior to March 3, 2014 vest annually in one-third increments on February 18th of each applicable year and are payable in units. Phantom units granted on or after March 3, 2014 vest on February 18th in the third year after grant and are payable in units.
(5)	Pursuant to the achievement of certain objective, performance-based criteria, 263 of the phantom units eligible to vest for the year ended December 31, 2015, granted on March 7, 2013, vested, and 3,244 phantom units were forfeited. With respect to the subjective phantom unit grants, 2,122 phantom units (the third tranche of the 2013 subjective phantom unit grant) vested.
(6)	Includes the remaining 35,618 phantom units and 99,234 phantom units from the phantom units granted on March 3, 2014 and February 24, 2015, respectively.
Remarks: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, the general partner of Legacy Reserves LP.

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