Case Name: UNITED STATES of America v. Carl Anthony KNIGHT, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-10
Citations: 568 F. App'x 81
Docket Number: No. 14-1195
Parties: UNITED STATES of America v. Carl Anthony KNIGHT, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 568
Pages: 81–82

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America v. Carl Anthony KNIGHT, Appellant.
No. 14-1195.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 and Consideration of Whether a Certificate of Appealability is Required May 30, 2014.
Opinion Filed June 10, 2014.
Rebecca R. Haywood, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, Marshall J. Piccinini, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Erie, PA, for United States of America.
Carl Anthony Knight, White Deer, PA, pro se.
Before: RENDELL, FISHER and GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
In 1999, the District Court sentenced Appellant Carl Anthony Knight to life imprisonment following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base. In January 2014, Knight filed a pro se motion with the District Court, asking the court to correct a "simple clerical error" in his judgment of sentence pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36. Knight claimed that "the typist in the clerk['s] office" had "fail[ed] to check the correct box [i]n the State[ment] of Reasons" section of the judgment. In that section, there are two boxes. The first box should have been checked if the court adopted the factual findings and guideline application in the presentence report without exception. The second box should have been checked if the court adopted the factual findings and guideline application in the presentence report with one or more exceptions. Knight's judgment of sentence has the first box checked.
On January 9, 2014, the District Court denied Knight's Rule 36 motion, concluding that no clerical error had been made because the court had, in fact, adopted the factual findings and guideline application in the presentenee report without exception. This pro se appeal followed.
We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. For the reason given by the District Court, we agree with the court's denial of Knight's Rule 36 motion. Because this appeal does not present a substantial question, we will summarily affirm the District Court's January 9, 2014 order. See 3d Cir. I.O.P. 10.6.
. Rule 36 provides that, "[a]fter giving any notice it considers appropriate, the court may at any time correct a clerical error in a judgment, order, or other part of the record, or correct an error in the record arising from oversight or omission." Fed.R. Crim.P. 36.
. Knight made clear that he was not challenging the sentence itself or his underlying conviction.
. Because this appeal is not challenging a final order in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Knight does not need to obtain a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B).
. Although we have yet to articulate the standard for reviewing the denial of a Rule 36 motion, we need not do so here because this appeal fails under any available standard.