US v. Edwin Alvanez

Filing 920100427

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-8166

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. EDWIN F. ALVANEZ, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Chief District Judge. (No. 8:07-cr-00326-DKC-2)

Submitted:

April 22, 2010

Decided:

April 27, 2010

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edwin F. Assistant Appellee.

Alvanez, Appellant Pro Se. James Marton Trusty, United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Edwin Alvanez appeals the district court's order

denying his motion to retain a handwriting specialist. reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

We have

Accordingly,

we deny Alvanez's motions for transcript at government expense and to retain a handwriting specialist, and affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court. *

United States v. Alvanez, We dispense

No. 8:07-cr-00326-DKC-2 (D. Md. Nov. 16, 2009).

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

We decline to consider issues Alvanez raises in informal brief which are not related to his present appeal.

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