The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case involving a Nigerian national, reports the Jurist.

In United States v Denedo, the court will decide whether a military appellate court has jurisdiction to entertain a petition for a writ of error coram nobis filed by a former service member to review a final court-martial conviction. The case involves a Nigerian national who enlisted in the US Navy and was later convicted on larceny charges. After he was discharged from the Navy, deportation proceedings began on the basis of the conviction. Denedo sought a writ of error coram nobis from the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, which found that it had jurisdiction over the case. The US Department of Justice appealed against the ruling.
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