Towner

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner Thomas Tuttle Towner appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion for reconsideration of its order dismissing his petition for writ of coram nobis. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , review for abuse of discretion, see Shalit v. Coppe, 182 F.3d 1124, 1127 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

Towner filed a petition for writ of coram nobis challenging his 1968 Arizona state conviction for robbery. As the district court correctly concluded, however, coram nobis relief is available only to challenge federal convictions. 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”).

AFFIRMED.

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. To the extent Towner sought redress under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 and 2255, the district court properly denied relief, because the district court lacked jurisdiction over a section 2254 petition attacking a state conviction where the sentence has…