UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S MOTION TO CORRECT CLERICAL ERROR FOR FAILING TO ATTACH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS TO AMIR ABUKHATER AND PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE TO THE JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE (ECF NO. 51)

ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

The United States of America ("United States"), by and through its attorneys, Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, and Daniel D. Hollingsworth, Assistant United States Attorney, respectfully moves this Court to correct the clerical error of failing to attach the Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture to the Judgment in a Criminal Case (ECF No. 51) ("Judgment") under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(B) and 36.

The basis for attaching the Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture to a Judgment in a Criminal Case is Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(B) and 36, which provide that this Court attach and include the forfeiture order in the Judgment. The United States requests this Court to attach the Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture to the Judgment.

This Motion is made and is based on the papers and pleadings on file herein and the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities.

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

I. STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On December 12, 2014, this Court entered the Judgment in a Criminal Case (ECF No. 51) ("Judgment"). The proposed Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (ECF No. 50) was filed on December 10, 2014, but has not been signed and ordered by this Court to date, and was not attached to the Judgment.

II. ARGUMENT

"The court must also include the forfeiture order, directly or by reference, in the judgment, but the court's failure to do so may be corrected at any time under Rule 36." Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(B) (emphasis added). "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.

United States v. Zorrilla-Echevarria, 671 F.3d 1, 9-10 (1st Cir. 2011) (citations, quotation marks, and brackets omitted; ellipsis in the original). "The failure to include forfeiture in a judgment, that everyone intended to be included, constitutes a clerical error, correctable under Rule 36." Id. at 10. (citation, quotation marks, and brackets omitted) (quoting United States v. Quintero, 572 F.3d 351, 353 (7th Cir. 2009). "This conclusion is reinforced by a 2009 amendment to Rule 32.2 . . ., providing that the court must also include the forfeiture order, directly or by reference, in the judgment, but the court's failure to do so may be corrected at any time under Rule 36." Id. (citation, quotation mark, and brackets omitted; ellipses added; emphasis in original); see Watson v. United States, Nos. 3:01-CR-55, 3:08-CV-522, 3:01-CR-71, 3:08-CV-523, 2011 WL 4708804, 6 (E.D. Tenn. October 4, 2011) (stating the district court can include a forfeiture order in the Judgment at any time if it failed to do so previously).

After the Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture is signed, ordered, and entered, it must be attached to or included in the Judgment. Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(B). The Judgment does not have the Settlement Agreement as to Amir Abukhater and Preliminary Order of Forfeiture attached to or included. This failure was a clerical error which can be, and is legally authorized to be, corrected under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(B) and 36.

The United States requests the forfeiture order be signed, ordered, entered, and attached to and included in the Judgment.

III. CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, this Court should sign, order, enter, and attach the forfeiture order to the Judgment.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.