UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6080
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
THOMAS SHARMALE NEAL,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. William L. Osteen,
District Judge. (CR-91-49)
Submitted: April 18, 2002 Decided: April 26, 2002
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas Sharmale Neal, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth Davis Bell, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Thomas Sharmale Neal appeals the district court order denying
his petition for a writ of error coram nobis under 28 U.S.C. § 1651
(1994), seeking vacatur of his 1991 conviction for using and
carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking
crime. We have reviewed the record and the district court order
and find no error. Accordingly, we affirm. Neal failed to show
such action was necessary to achieve justice or that sound reasons
exist for not raising this claim earlier. We deny Neal’s motion to
authorize preparation of a transcript at government expense. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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