State of Maine v. Derek S. Poulin

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• recognizing that “[c]oram nobis relief is not available to a federal prisoner while in custody[]”
• concluding “district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that no ‘fundamental’ error warranted issuing an extraordinary writ of error coram nobis”
• applying the substantive standard set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h) when reviewing the merits of a coram nobis petition filed by a petitioner whose § 2255 motion was denied while the petitioner was in custody
• “Coram nobis relief has been called the criminal-law equivalent of the Hail Mary pass in American football.”
• “[Movant] has no new evidence relating to the elements of the offense that would support a claim of actual innocence, only allegedly new information that no doubt would have expanded defense counsel’s cross examination and attempted impeachment.”
• “[C]oram nobis relief is available when the defendant is no longer in custody for the applicable conviction, while custody is a prerequisite for habeas relief.” (quoting United States v. Camacho-Bordes, 94 F.3d 1168, 1172 n.6 (8th Cir. 1996))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).