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Parties Involved:
Jermaine Lavonne Chase
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Lewis F. Powell, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex

1100 E. Main Street, Suite 501

Richmond, Virginia 23219-3517

Patricia S. Connor

Clerk

www.ca4.uscourts.gov Telephone

(804) 916-2700

 March 28, 2007

 Jermaine Lavonne Chase

 FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION SHERIDAN

 #04920-84

 P. O. Box 5000

 Sheridan, OR 97378

 Ronald Andrew Bassford, Esq.

 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

 Room 906

 Western District of Virginia

 310 1st Street, SW

 Roanoke, VA 24011

 Re: 06-7840 US v. Chase

 7:94-cr-40106-005

 Dear Counsel:

 Enclosed is a copy of an order filed today in this case.

 Yours truly,

 PATRICIA S. CONNOR

 Clerk

 /s/ Catherine A. Tyree

 By: ________________________

 Deputy Clerk

 Enclosure(s)

 cc: Clerk, U. S. District Court

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Filed: March 28, 2007

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7840

(7:94-cr-40106-005)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JERMAINE LAVONNE CHASE, 

Defendant - Appellant.

O R D E R

The court amends its opinion filed March 23, 2007, as follows:

On the cover sheet, district court information section --

Judge Wilson’s name is deleted and is replaced by “Jackson L.

Kiser, Senior District Judge.”

For the Court - By Direction

 /s/ Patricia S. Connor 

 Clerk

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7840

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JERMAINE LAVONNE CHASE,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior

District Judge. (7:94-cr-40106-005)

Submitted: February 23, 2007 Decided: March 23, 2007

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Vacated and remanded with instructions by unpublished per curiam

opinion.

Jermaine Lavonne Chase, Appellant Pro Se. Ronald Andrew Bassford,

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Chase’s original Judgment Order reflected the § 2 convictions *

in Counts 4 and 68, but the Amended Judgment omitted direct

reference to the aiding and abetting convictions in the “Title &

Section” and “Nature of Offense” sections of the Amended Judgment

Order. Specifically, the prior Judgment Order, in pertinent part,

reads as follows:

Title & Section Nature of Offense Date Offense Count

Concluded Numbers

21:841(a)(1), Distribution of cocaine, 1/8/93 4

 (b)(1)(C); aid and abet 8/30/94 68

 18:2

In contrast, the November 3, 2000 Amended Judgment Order, in

pertinent part, reads as follows:

ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF CONVICTION

Title & Section Nature of Offense Date Offense Count

Concluded Numbers

21: U.S.C. 841(a)(1) Possess with intent 1/8/93 4

to distribute cocaine

base

21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) Possess with intent 8/30/94 68

to distribute cocaine

 powder

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PER CURIAM:

Jermaine Lavonne Chase appeals the district court’s order

denying relief on his Fed. R. Crim. P. 36 motion to correct

clerical error. Specifically, Chase seeks to have the Amended

Judgment entered November 3, 2000, corrected to include his

convictions for aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2

(2000) relative to Counts 4 and 68. As the district court *

recognized, all four substantive drug charges, i.e. the two

possession charges and the two aiding and abetting charges, are

incorporated in Chase’s Amended Judgment, by virtue of their

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inclusion in Counts 4 and 68. However, Chase is correct that the

Amended Judgment does not directly reference his conviction of § 2

relative to either Count 4 or 68. Therefore, we vacate the

district court’s denial of Chase’s Rule 36 motion, and direct that

the district court correct the Amended Judgment pursuant to Rule

36. This correction, of course, will have no effect on Chase’s

term of imprisonment or term of supervised release, nor will it

restart the limitations period for filing a post-conviction

challenge under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

of 1996. We deny Chase’s motion for appointment of counsel. We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

VACATED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS

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