Opinion ID: 552793
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Heading: Oral and Written Sentence Discrepancy

Text: 28 Shaw asserts that there is a conflict between the district court's oral sentence pronouncement of 71 months imprisonment and the written judgment of 72 months imprisonment. The government admits the error and requests that the judgment be reformed to reflect the oral pronouncement of the district court. In this Circuit, it is well settled law that where there is any variation between the oral and written pronouncements of sentence, the oral sentence prevails. See e.g., United States v. Chagra, 669 F.2d 241, 261 n. 29 (5th Cir.) cert. denied, 459 U.S. 846, 103 S.Ct. 102, 74 L.Ed.2d 92 (1982). Accordingly, we remand to the district court with directions to enter a judgement of 71 months imprisonment.