WORD v. LORD

Docket No. 11-111-op.

648 F.3d 129 (2011)

Diane WORD, Petitioner, v. Elaine LORD, Superintendent of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Word , pro se, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Bedford Hills, NY.

Alan Gadlin , Assistant District Attorney, for Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , Office of the District Attorney, New York County, New York, NY, for Respondent.

Before: KEARSE, MINER, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Diane Word, proceeding pro se, seeks leave to file a successive habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. She contends that New York's appellate courts violated her due process rights when they denied her application for a writ of error coram nobis. For the reasons below, we hold that a § 2254 petition is not a proper vehicle for challenging deficiencies in a state post-conviction proceeding, and deny the motion.

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