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Date Created: 2023-12-21 01:02:14.16919+00
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Case: 23-10118         Document: 00517009271             Page: 1      Date Filed: 12/20/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-10118
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                             December 20, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Edgar Lara Escalante,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:20-CR-530-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The attorney appointed to represent Edgar Lara Escalante has moved
   for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v.
   California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th
   Cir. 2011). Escalante has not filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s
   brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We concur

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for
   appellate review. Accordingly, counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw is
   GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities herein, and
   the appeal is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
          However, there are clericals error in the written judgment. The
   judgment refers to the offense of conviction as “Possession with Intent to
   Distribute a Controlled Substance,” but the record reflects that Escalante
   pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a
   mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
   See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B). Additionally, the judgment states that
   the offense ended on September 1, 2020, but the record reflects the offense
   occurred on October 8, 2020. Accordingly, we REMAND for the limited
   purpose of correcting the clerical errors in the written judgment in
   accordance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 36. See United States v.
   Higgins, 739 F.3d 733, 739 n.16 (5th Cir. 2014).

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