GLD-395 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 13-2108
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
RODNEY GUY GREENE,
Appellant
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Criminal No. 88-cr-00358-001)
District Judge: Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin
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Submitted for Possible Summary Action
Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6
August 22, 2013
Before: FUENTES, FISHER and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: September 4, 2013)
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM
Rodney Guy Greene appeals the District Court’s order denying his “Nunc Pro
Tunc Petition to Correct an Illegal Sentence.” For the reasons below, we will summarily
affirm the District Court’s order.
In 1988, Greene pleaded guilty to bank fraud, possession of stolen mail, and
uttering a forged check. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of
probation. His many attempts to challenge his conviction and sentence have been
unsuccessful. In October 1993, after Greene was arrested on state charges of forgery in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the District Court revoked his probation and sentenced
Greene to five years in prison to be served consecutively to any other term of
imprisonment or parole violation sentence previously imposed. Greene appealed, and we
determined that the sentence was lawful. See C.A. No. 93-1998. In April 2013, Greene
filed his Nunc Pro Tunc petition pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(a). The District Court
denied the petition without comment, and Greene filed a notice of appeal.
Greene contends that Article III(e) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act
mandated a concurrent sentence for his probation violation. However, the language he
quotes permits a concurrent sentence but does not mandate one: “[n]othing in this
paragraph shall prevent the imposition of a concurrent sentence if otherwise permitted by
law.” Greene’s motion is meritless.
Summary action is appropriate if there is no substantial question presented in the
appeal. See Third Circuit LAR 27.4. For the above reasons, we will summarily affirm
the District Court’s order. See Third Circuit I.O.P. 10.6.
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