Mendoza v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of error coram nobis comes nearly ten years after péti-tioner’s conviction became final. The occasion for the filing at this time is the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 1486, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), holding that the Sixth Amendment requires defense counsel to inform a client defendant whether his or her plea carries a risk of deportation. Specifically, petitioner contends that her conviction and already fully-served sentence must now be vacated because her…