Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alvaro ESPINO-MAQUEDA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-18
Citations: 311 F. App'x 688
Docket Number: No. 08-40457
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alvaro ESPINO-MAQUEDA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 311
Pages: 688–689

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alvaro ESPINO-MAQUEDA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-40457
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 18, 2009.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern Dis trict of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Alvaro Espino-Maqueda (Espino) pleaded guilty to one count of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326 by being found in the United States after previously having been deported. He was sentenced to 70 months of imprisonment.
Espino appeals his conviction for the limited purpose of correcting the judgment under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36, arguing that the judgment should be corrected to reflect that he was convicted of "being found in" the United States and not of "Illegal Re-entry," the offense that is listed on the judgment. He argues that "being found in" the United States and "illegal reentry" are distinct offenses.
Rule 36 authorizes us to correct only clerical errors, which exist when "the court intended one thing but by merely clerical mistake or oversight did another." United States v. Steen, 55 F.3d 1022,1026 n. 3 (5th Cir.1995) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). In the district court's judgment, the "Nature of Offense" description, "Illegal Re-entry," so closely tracks the § 1326 title, "Reentry of removed aliens," that it bears no indicia of the district court having made a mistake or oversight. Rather, it appears that the district court intended the "Nature of Offense" to refer generally to the title of § 1326. Therefore, there is no clerical error, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. See United States v. Buendia-Rangel, 553 F.3d 378, 379 (5th Cir.2008).
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.