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No. 99-50571
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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 99-50571
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                           Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JAMES ROBERT COX,

                                           Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Western District of Texas
                     USDC No. A94-CR-67-6-JN
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                         February 17, 2000

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     James Robert Cox was convicted in 1996 of using a telephone

to facilitate distribution of methamphetamine.    He did not

appeal, and his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence

under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was dismissed as time-barred.    Cox filed a

"motion for clarification of sentence," seeking to have the

district court clarify whether his time served in state custody

would be credited against his federal sentence.    The district

court denied the motion, and Cox appeals.

     The district court did not err in denying the motion,

because it was without jurisdiction to grant credit for Cox's

     *
        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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                             No. 99-50571
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prior state custody.   See United States v. Dowling, 962 F.2d 390,

393 (5th Cir. 1992).   Cox argues that he was seeking merely to

have the court clarify whether his federal sentence was to run

consecutively to the state sentence.    Under 18 U.S.C.

§ 3584, "[m]ultiple terms of imprisonment imposed at different

times run consecutively unless the court orders that the terms

are to run concurrently."    Moreover, the Bureau of Prisons

notified Cox that it had confirmed that his federal sentence was

to run consecutively to his state sentence, and the district

court previously denied a motion by Cox raising this same issue.

Because Cox has received the "clarification" he purportedly

seeks, his motion is moot.

     AFFIRMED.