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Date Created: 2023-05-11 00:00:31.999047+00
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Case: 22-20469         Document: 00516745475             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/10/2023

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

                                                                               FILED
                                       No. 22-20469                        May 10, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                               Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Carlos Etcheverry Hernandez-Guerrero,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:21-CR-535-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Dennis, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Carlos Etcheverry Hernandez-Guerrero appeals the sentence
   imposed following his guilty plea conviction for reentry of a removed alien.
   He contends, and the Government agrees, that the written judgment must be
   corrected because it contains a condition of supervised release that conflicts
   with the district court’s oral pronouncement of his sentence.

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-20469      Document: 00516745475          Page: 2   Date Filed: 05/10/2023

                                    No. 22-20469

          We agree with the parties that the written condition requiring
   Hernandez-Guerrero to submit to, and pay for, substance-abuse testing to
   determine if he has used a prohibited substance and prohibiting him from
   tampering with the testing methods is a discretionary condition under
   18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) that the district court did not pronounce as required at
   sentencing. See United States v. Diggles, 957 F.3d 551, 559-63 (5th Cir. 2020)
   (en banc). That condition materially differs from the oral pronouncement
   and must be excised from the written judgment. See United States v. Prado,
   53 F.4th 316, 318-19 (5th Cir. 2022); United States v. Perez-Espinoza, 31 F.4th
   988, 989 (5th Cir. 2022).
          Accordingly, we VACATE in part and REMAND to the district
   court to amend the written judgment to conform with the oral
   pronouncement, consistent with this opinion. In all other respects, the
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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