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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy Wayne BAILEY, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 13-40500
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Jan. 14, 2014.
    Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    
      Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Assistant Federal Public Defender, H. Michael Soko-low, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Timothy Bailey appeals his guilty-plea conviction of sexual exploitation of a child. He contends that a special condition of supervised release (“SR”) in the written judgment conflicts with the oral pronouncement of sentence.

When a written judgment conflicts with the oral pronouncement, the latter controls, and the written judgment must be conformed. United States v. Bigelow, 462 F.3d 378, 381 (5th Cir.2006). If, however, the difference merely creates an ambiguity, we may examine the entire record to determine the intent of the sentencing court. United States v. Torres-Aguilar, 352 F.3d 934, 935 (5th Cir.2003).

The district court orally ordered, as a special condition of SR, that Bailey participate in “a sex offender treatment program provided by registered sex offender treatment providers approved by the United States probation officer.” The written judgment contained that condition but added that Bailey “shall waive his right of confidentiality in any records for mental health treatment imposed as a consequence of this judgment to allow the supervising United States Probation Officer to review the defendant’s course of treatment and progress with the treatment provider.” In addition, the written judgment provided that “[t]he Court authorizes the release of pertinent information from the presentence investigation report that will assist with the mental health treatment of the offender, and available mental health evaluations to the mental health provider, as approved by the probation officer.”

Bailey claims there is a conflict because the oral pronouncement did not include the waiver-of-eonfidentiality provision. The waiver provision is consistent, however, with the district court’s implicit intent that Bailey attend, participate in, and benefit from the sex-offender-treatment program; the probation officer’s monitoring of Bailey’s progress could aid in that process and could lead to adjustments in the treatment, if warranted. See United States v. Tang, 718 F.3d 476, 486 (5th Cir.2013). Thus, the written judgment explains how the sex-offender treatment is to be implements ed and monitored and adds nothing that is not implicit in the oral pronouncement and intent directing that Bailey receive treatment. See United States v. Warden, 291 F.3d 363, 365 (5th Cir.2002).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       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.