                  United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 12-3778
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                              United States of America

                         lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                            v.

                                    Thomas Eli Ray

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                      for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
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                              Submitted: May 31, 2013
                                Filed: June 5, 2013
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Former federal inmate Thomas Ray appeals the district court’s1 denial of his
petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Following careful de novo review, see United

      1
       The Honorable Michael J. Davis, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the District of Minnesota.
States v. Comacho-Bordes, 94 F.3d 1168, 1173 (8th Cir. 1996), we affirm for the
reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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