Malcolm Greyson v. State of Hawaii

78 F.3d 593 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Malcolm GREYSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent-Appellee. No. 95-16746. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 5, 1996. 1 Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Malcolm Greyson, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the denial of his coram nobis petition seeking relief from his Hawaii state manslaughter conviction. We affirm the district court's finding that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the petition because only the trial court may grant coram nobis relief. See Yasui v. United States, 772 F.2d 1496, 1498 (9th Cir.1985) ("The writ of error coram nobis fills a void in the availability of post-conviction remedies in federal criminal cases."). We reject Greyson's contention that the district court should have construed his coram nobis petition as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion attacking the enhancement of his…