U.S. v. Williams

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS

Court: United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Asheville Division

Date published: Jul 2, 2007

CRIMINAL NO. 1:07CR28 (W.D.N.C. Jul. 2, 2007)

Opinion

CRIMINAL NO. 1:07CR28.

July 2, 2007

ORDER

LACY THORNBURG, District Judge

THIS MATTER is before the Court on receipt of a CJA-24 form from Defendant's attorney requesting the Court authorize a transcript be prepared at Government expense of the May 7, 2007, detention hearing of co-Defendant Anthony David Sexton to be used in preparation for the Defendant's sentencing.

Defendant entered his plea pursuant to a plea agreement during a Rule 11 hearing held on June 4, 2007. He is currently awaiting sentencing.

Defendants are not entitled to transcripts at Government expense absent some showing of a particularized need. United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 326-27 (1976); Miller v. Smith, 99 F.3d 120, 125 n. 5 (4^th Cir. 1996); United States v. Davis, 972 F.2d 342 (table), 1992 WL 180109 (4^th Cir. 1992). Defendant here as not made the requisite showing.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Defendant's request for the provision of a transcript at Government expense is hereby DENIED.