United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 12-3778 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Thomas Eli Ray

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul ____________

Submitted: May 31, 2013 Filed: June 5, 2013 [Unpublished] ____________

Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Former federal inmate Thomas Ray appeals the district court’s1 denial of his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Following careful de novo review, see United

1 The Honorable Michael J. Davis, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. States v. Comacho-Bordes, 94 F.3d 1168, 1173 (8th Cir. 1996), we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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