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Date Created: 2023-02-01 19:00:39.841661+00
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Case: 22-20232        Document: 00516631028             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/01/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                          Fifth Circuit

                                                                                        FILED
                                      No. 22-20232                               February 1, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                                                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                    ____________
                                                                                          Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Broderick John Thompson,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:21-CR-462-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Broderick John Thompson pleaded guilty to being a felon in
   possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute
   methamphetamine. On appeal, he argues that the district court procedurally
   erred by departing upward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3, p.s., to impose

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   concurrent 90-month sentences, and he asserts that there is a clerical error
   in the written judgment.
          Thompson’s lenient prior sentences and continuous criminal activity
   were proper factors for the district court to consider when departing upward
   under § 4A1.3. See United States v. Lavalais, 960 F.3d 180, 189 (5th Cir.
   2020). The district court did not procedurally err by going beyond the
   categories of information listed under § 4A1.3(a)(2), see Lavalais, 960 F.3d at
   189; United States v. Cantu-Dominguez, 898 F.2d 968, 970 (5th Cir. 1990),
   and the fact that all of Thompson’s adult criminal convictions received
   criminal history points did not preclude the district court from finding that
   his criminal history category substantially underrepresented his risk of
   recidivism, see § 4A1.3(a)(1) & comment. (backg’d.). His reliance on United
   States v. Martinez-Perez, 916 F.2d 1020 (5th Cir. 1990), to show procedural
   error is unavailing because the district court here articulated valid reasons for
   departing upward under § 4A1.3.
          However, we agree with the parties that there is a clerical error in
   Thompson’s written judgment that may be corrected under Federal Rule of
   Criminal Procedure 36. See United States v. Cooper, 979 F.3d 1084, 1088-89
   (5th Cir. 2020). The written judgment states that the felon-in-possession
   offense ended on February 19, 2019, but this date conflicts with the
   indictment, which states that this offense occurred on February 19, 2021.
          For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district
   court but REMAND the case for correction of the judgment under Rule 36
   to reflect that the felon-in-possession charge ended on February 19, 2021.

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