IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-10864
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAMES OLUMIDE ADEOYE,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 94-CR-209-X
September 20, 1996
Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
James Olumide Adeoye pled guilty to a two count information charging fraudulent use of a
social security number and mail fraud. After his original sentence was vacated by this court, the
district court on remand resentenced Adeoye to 18 months’ imprisonment with three years’
supervised release, fined him $4,000, and ordered him to pay $162,045 in restitution. At the
resentencing hearing, the district court stated, “The fine and the restitution will be made in monthly
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Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined t hat this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
installments of no less than $750 per month.” The district court also stated that should Adeoye be
able to pay more, he would be required to pay more. Adeoye made no objection. The district court’s
subsequent written judgment states:
The fine shall be payable through the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Financial
Responsibility Program during the period in which he is in custody, and the balance
shall be payable through monthly installments of at least $124 per month, beginning
60 days after release from custody.
The judgment also states:
Restitution is to be paid in 36 monthly installments at the rate of $4,501.27 per month
and is to be paid during the defendant’s supervision term; however, the amount shall
at no time be less than $750.00 per month. If the defendant has the ability to pay
more than the amount ordered, he is ordered to do so.
Adeoye filed a timely notice of appeal arguing that where, as here, there is a discrepancy between the
oral and written orders, the oral pronouncement controls.
It is well settled law in this circuit that when the oral pronouncement of sentence varies from
the written, the oral prevails. United States v. Shaw, 920 F.2d 1225, 1231 (5th Cir.), cert. denied,
500 U.S. 926 (1991); United States v. Chagra, 669 F.2d 241, 261 n.29 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 459
U.S. 846 (1982). The discrepancy is clear: By the oral pronouncement, the payment on both the find
and the restitution are to total at least $750 per month. The court’s written order specifies that
defendant is to pay at least $750 per month in restitution only. We therefore remand the case to the
district court with instructions to impose a sentence requiring monthly installment payments of no less
than $750 for both the fine and the restitution.
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