Dennis J. Sittman v. United States of America

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DENNIS J. SITTMAN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent - Appellee.
No. 14-17196
D.C. No. 1:14-cv-00349-ACK
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Hawaii
Alan C. Kay, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 24, 2016**
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Dennis J. Sittman appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his
petition for a writ of error coram nobis seeking to vacate his 1992 convictions for
being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Reviewing de novo,
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
FEB 29 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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see United States v. Riedl, 496 F.3d 1003, 1005 (9th Cir. 2007), we affirm.
Sittman contends that his conviction should be vacated because his civil
rights were restored, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(20), pursuant to
discharge certificates allegedly issued to him by the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections. Sittman made a similar claim for relief in an earlier 28 U.S.C.
§ 2255 motion, and he has not provided a valid reason for failing to raise his new
claim in that, or any other, previous proceeding. Moreover, this court has already
rejected Sittman’s claim that Sittman’s civil rights were restored by operation of
Wisconsin law, see Sittman v. United States, 56 F.3d 73 (9th Cir. 1995)
(unpublished table decision), and Sittman has not submitted any discharge
certificates issued to him that might support a different conclusion. For these
reasons, the district court correctly concluded that Sittman is not entitled to the
“extraordinary remedy” of coram nobis relief. See Riedl, 496 F.3d at 1005-06
(listing requirements for coram nobis relief, including a showing that a valid reason
exists for not attacking the conviction earlier and that “the error is of the most
fundamental character”).
AFFIRMED.

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