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District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul ____________ Submitted: May 31, 2013 Filed: June 5, 2013 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.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 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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