Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Garland D. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-19
Citations: 546 F. App'x 335
Docket Number: No. 12-30721
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Garland D. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 335–336

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Garland D. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-30721
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 19, 2013.
Josette Louise Cassiere, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carol Mignonne Griffing, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Garland D. Miller, Natchitoches, LA, pro se.
Before SMITH, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Garland D. Miller, former federal prisoner # 13658-035, was convicted by a jury of two counts of tax evasion, a violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. United States v. Miller, 588 F.3d 897, 900 (5th Cir.2009). He was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment and to three years of supervised release. Id. at 903. Miller appeals the district court's denial of his "Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis or in the Alternative Motion to Amend Judgment Pursuant to Fed. R. Crv. P. 60," which he filed seeking to challenge the portion of his criminal judgment ordering him to pay restitution to Desoto Regional Health System (DRHS). Miller contends that the restitution order was equivalent to a conviction for embezzlement and, as a result, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has excluded him "from certain health care and billing practices and thereby depriving him of his livelihood." Miller requests to have the restitution order vacated via the writ of coram nobis or amended pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60.
Although Miller was released from the Bureau of Prisons on December 30, 2011, he is still serving a three-year term of supervised release. Thus, Miller does not satisfy the "no longer in custody" requirement for filing a writ of coram nobis. See United States v. Hatten, 167 F.3d 884, 887 n. 6 (5th Cir.1999); United States v. Dyer, 136 F.3d 417, 422 (5th Cir.1998); see also Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 454 n. 5 (5th Cir.2000) (stating that "custody" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and 2241 encompasses supervised release). As such, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Miller a writ. See Santos-Sanchez v. United States, 548 F.3d 327, 330 (5th Cir.2008), vacated on other grounds, 559 U.S. 1046, 130 S.Ct. 2340, 176 L.Ed.2d 559 (2010); see also Sojourner T v. Edwards, 974 F.2d 27, 30 (5th Cir.1992) (holding that this court may affirm the district court's judgment on any grounds supported by the record). Additionally, Miller has not shown that the district court erred in finding that his request to amend the restitution order in his criminal judgment was not cognizable pursuant to Rule 60, nor does he cite any authority to support his request to enjoin HHS from ex-eluding him "from certain health care and billing practices and thereby depriving him of his livelihood." Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.