Richard D. Pomeroy v. State of Alaska

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RICHARD D. POMEROY,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF ALASKA,
Respondent-Appellee.
No. 18-35860
D.C. No. 3:18-cv-00061-TMB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Alaska
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 18, 2019**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Former Alaska state prisoner Richard D. Pomeroy appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of error coram nobis.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s
dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, United States v. Monreal, 301 F.3d 1127, 1130
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
NOV 22 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 18-35860
(9th Cir. 2002), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Pomeroy’s petition challenging his
Alaska state conviction for assault because coram nobis relief is not available in
federal court to attack a state court conviction. See Hensley v. Municipal Court,
453 F.2d 1252, 1253 n.2 (9th Cir. 1972) (“Coram nobis lies only to challenge
errors occurring in the same court.”), rev’d on other grounds, 411 U.S. 345 (1973).
Pomeroy’s motion to waive the jurisdictional requirement is denied.
AFFIRMED.

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