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Date Created: 2023-02-03 19:00:38.990836+00
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Case: 22-50278         Document: 00516634089             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/03/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50278
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               February 3, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Kior Dejay Goodley,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 7:21-CR-269-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Kior Dejay Goodley appeals his conviction for possession with intent
   to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of
   a drug trafficking crime. He challenges the denial of his motion to withdraw
   his guilty plea.

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50278       Document: 00516634089          Page: 2    Date Filed: 02/03/2023

                                     No. 22-50278

            Once a district court accepts a guilty plea, the defendant has no
   absolute right to withdraw it. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(d); United States v.
   Powell, 354 F.3d 362, 370 (5th Cir. 2003). A district court may grant a motion
   to withdraw a guilty plea upon a showing of “a fair and just reason for
   requesting the withdrawal.” Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(d)(2)(B). The burden
   of establishing a fair and just reason for withdrawing a guilty plea rests with
   the defendant. Powell, 354 F.3d at 370. This inquiry requires consideration
   of the factors set forth in United States v. Carr, 740 F.2d 339, 343-44 (5th Cir.
   1984).
            Goodley has not shown that the district court clearly erred by finding
   that the Carr factors weigh against withdrawal. United States v. McKnight,
   570 F.3d 641, 648-49 (5th Cir. 2009). For this reason, he fails to show that
   the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion to withdraw his
   guilty plea. Powell, 354 F.3d at 370. Accordingly, the judgment of the district
   court is AFFIRMED.
            Although the judgment correctly states that Goodley was convicted
   under, inter alia, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C), the judgment incorrectly
   describes an offense as involving “50 grams or more of” actual
   methamphetamine. In light of this clerical error, we REMAND the case to
   the district court for the limited purpose of correcting the judgment to amend
   the nature of the offense for count one. Fed. R. Crim. P. 36.

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