United States v. William Davis, Jr. ( 2022 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-7363
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior District Judge. (5:14-cr-00240-BR-1)
Submitted: August 23, 2022 Decided: August 25, 2022
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, HEYTENS, Circuit Judge, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Scott Davis, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
William Scott Davis, Jr., appeals a district court order that, among other things,
denied Davis’ “motion for court record,” which the court construed as a request for copies
at government expense, and denied his request to compel nonparties to disclose records.
We affirm.
Copies of transcripts and court records may be provided to an indigent litigant at
government expense upon a showing by the litigant of a particularized need for the
documents. See Jones v. Superintendent, Va. State Farm, 460 F.2d 150, 152-53 (4th Cir.
1972). We discern no reversible error by the district court. Davis has not established the
requisite need under Jones. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. We deny
Davis’ motions for copies of court records and for transcripts at government expense. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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