Ikbal
Ikbal v. United States
Opinion
lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Sameena Ikbal seeks a writ of coram nobis, pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651 (a), arguing that her conviction was secured in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). The district court denied Ms. Ikbal’s petition, and she timely appealed. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
*606 On January 7, 1999, Ms. Ikbal and her husband, Mirza Ali, were indicted for conspiracy and multiple counts of making false statements to the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Army, the Defense Commissary Agency, and the Small Business Administration in connection with bidding and performing on federal contracts awarded to their company Sameena, Inc., also called Samtech Research, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1001. Their convictions were affirmed on direct appeal. See United States v. Ali, 27 Fed.Appx. 728 (9th Cir.2001) (unpublished memorandum disposition).
On July 18, 2005, Ms. Ikbal collaterally attacked her conviction and sentence, seeking a writ of coram nobis, rather than habeas relief, because she was no longer in federal custody. She claimed that the…