By: Derek Hawkins//March 14, 2022//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Orvil Duane Hassebrock
Case No.: 20-3328
Officials: HAMILTON, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Writ of Coram Nobis
Orvil Hassebrock, who has served his sentence for tax crimes, appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of coram nobis. Because he could have raised all his arguments on direct appeal or in his prior motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, we affirm. In this opinion we address a narrow, but open question in our circuit: whether the separate judgment requirement of Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure applies to coram nobis petitions. We join the other circuits to consider the issue and conclude that it does.
Affirmed