context: It is probable that vacating Alaimalo's convictions for importation of methamphetamine will not reduce the length of his confinement; vacating these convictions, however, removes the possibility that he will be subject to their adverse collateral consequences.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 523 U.S. 1, 12
citation_a.parenthetical: presuming significant collateral consequences in the context of criminal convictions
citation_a.sentence: See Ball v. United States, 470 U.S. 856, 864-65, 105 S.Ct. 1668, 84 L.Ed.2d 740 (1985) (“[A] separate conviction, apart from the concurrent sentence, has potential adverse collateral consequences that may not be ignored.”) (emphasis in original); Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 12, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998) (presuming significant collateral consequences in the context of criminal convictions); United States v. Kincaid, 898 F.2d 110, 112 (9th Cir.1990).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 393 F.2d 731, 732
citation_b.parenthetical: "Coram nobis must be kept available as a postconviction remedy to prevent 'manifest injustice' even where the removal of a prior conviction will have little present effect on the petitioner."
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Holloway v. United States, 393 F.2d 731, 732 (9th Cir.1968) (“Coram nobis must be kept available as a postconviction remedy to prevent ‘manifest injustice’ even where the removal of a prior conviction will have little present effect on the petitioner.”).