Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo HERZER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-23
Citations: 676 F. App'x 673
Docket Number: No. 11-56105
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo HERZER, Defendant-Appellant,
Judges: Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 676
Pages: 673–674

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo HERZER, Defendant-Appellant,
No. 11-56105
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed January 23, 2017
Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Nicole Ries Fox, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
John Owen Lanahan, Attorney, Law Office of John Lanahan, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Bernardo Herzer appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for a writ of error coram nobis attacking his 1992 guilty-plea conviction for attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Matus-Leva v. United States, 287 F.3d 758, 760 (9th Cir. 2002), and we affirm.
Herzer contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), when he failed to inform Herzer that his guilty-plea conviction would be a bar to citizenship. During the pendency of this appeal, the Supreme Court held that Padilla does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review. See Chaidez v. United States, 568 U.S. 342, 133 S.Ct. 1103, 1113, 185 L.Ed.2d 149 (2013). Because Herzer's conviction became final before Padilla was decided, his contention is foreclosed by Chaidez. See id.
Although Herzer argues on appeal that he is alleging affirmative misrepresentations falling under this court's decision in United States v. Kwan, 407 F.3d 1005 (9th Cir. 2005), rather than a failure to inform arising under Padilla, his amended petition specifically alleges that his trial counsel did not affirmatively misadvise him as to the immigration consequences of his guilty plea.
Because we conclude that Herzer's contention of error is foreclosed by Chaidez, we do not reach the issue of whether his petition was timely filed. See Matus-Leva, 287 F.3d at 760 (elements for coram nobis relief are conjunctive and "failure to meet any one of them is fatal").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.