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Case: 23-40261        Document: 00516956115             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/03/2023

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

                                     ____________                                     FILED
                                                                               November 3, 2023
                                      No. 23-40261                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                  Clerk
                                    ____________

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Mikedrion Lister,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 2:21-CR-539-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Barksdale, Engelhardt, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         The district court revoked Mikedrion Lister’s term of probation and
   sentenced him to 18-months’ imprisonment. Lister contends—and the
   Government agrees—that the written revocation judgment contains a
   clerical error. Lister and the Government seek a remand for correction of the
   judgment under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-40261      Document: 00516956115          Page: 2   Date Filed: 11/03/2023

                                    No. 23-40261

          Rule 36 states: “After 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. This rule applies “[w]here the record
   makes it clear that an issue was actually litigated and decided but was
   incorrectly recorded in or inadvertently omitted from the judgment”. United
   States v. Cooper, 979 F.3d 1084, 1089 (5th Cir. 2020) (citation omitted).
          The district court’s written judgment contains a clerical error. At the
   revocation hearing, the court explicitly found, inter alia, that the Government
   failed to “establish” Lister violated the terms of his supervision by
   possessing or using a controlled substance. Nevertheless, the written
   judgment states Lister was found guilty of violating the condition prohibiting
   possessing or using a controlled substance (“Violation Number 1” in the
   written judgment). In other words, the written judgment “incorrectly
   recorded” how the controlled-substance violation was resolved at the
   revocation hearing. Id. (citation omitted). Accordingly, the clerical error in
   the written judgment is subject to correction under Rule 36.
          AFFIRMED; REMANDED to correct the clerical error in the
   judgment.

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