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Date Created: 2023-06-28 21:00:58.99073+00
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                                              UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                                No. 23-1353

        In re: STEPHEN NIVENS,

                            Petitioner.

                        On Petition for Extraordinary Writ. (8:16-cv-02648-TDC)

        Submitted: June 22, 2023                                          Decided: June 27, 2023

        Before WYNN, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Stephen Nivens, Petitioner Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

              Stephen Nivens, a Maryland inmate, petitions this court for a writ of error coram

        nobis, seeking relief from his Maryland criminal judgment. However, a federal court

        “cannot issue” a writ of error coram nobis when the challenged judgment was entered in

        state court. Thomas v. Cunningham, 335 F.2d 67, 69 (4th Cir. 1964); see Finkelstein v.

        Spitzer, 455 F.3d 131, 134 (2d Cir. 2006) (collecting cases). Accordingly, although we

        grant Nivens’ motion to exceed page limitations, we deny his petition. We dispense with

        oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

        materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

                                                                             PETITION DENIED

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