Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Travis BYRD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-12-10
Citations: 302 F. App'x 277
Docket Number: No. 07-20912
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Travis BYRD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 302
Pages: 277–277

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Travis BYRD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-20912
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 10, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Travis Byrd, Petersburg, VA, pro se.
Before DAVIS, WIENER, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Travis Byrd, federal prisoner #88313-079, appeals the denial of his Fed. R.CrimP. 36 motion, in which he challenged the sentence imposed following his jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting. Byrd argues that the sentencing court made a clerical error when it included in his drug quantity calculation the 1.9 kilograms of cocaine found in possession of his co-defendant absent evidence of a conspiracy or partnership.
Byrd's argument constitutes a substantive challenge to his sentence and is therefore not cognizable in a Rule 36 motion, which is a vehicle reserved for correcting only errors that are clerical in nature or that arise from oversight or omission. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 36; United States v. Spencer, 513 F.3d 490, 491-92 (5th Cir.2008); United States v. Steen, 55 F.3d 1022, 1025-26 n. 3 (5th Cir.1995). He has therefore shown no error on the part of the district court in denying his request for Rule 36 relief.
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.