--- title: "United States v. Morgan" citation: "346 U.S. 502 (1954)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-MORGAN-346-US-502" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-346/pdf/USREPORTS-346-502.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-MORGAN-346-US-502/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Morgan ## Holding or rule used Coram nobis remains available under § 1651 as an extraordinary continuation of the original federal criminal case after sentence completion, subject to no-other-remedy, sound-reason, fundamental-error, presumption, and burden limits. ## Material limitation Use only for the bounded proposition in the linked modules. The exact judgment, jurisdiction, circuit, custody, other remedies, current agency instructions, requested relief, grant terms, and independent law remain separate where identified. ## Official source and pinpoints 346 U.S. 502 (1954), 346 U.S. 505 n.4, 506–13: ## Used in - [Extraordinary Writs — Coram Nobis, Audita Querela, and Mandamus](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/extraordinary-writs-coram-nobis-audita-querela-and-mandamus.md)