US v. Gregory Lawrence Tropea

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:13-cr-00075-RGD-DEM-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999962634]. Mailed to: Gregory Lawrence Tropea FCI BUTNER MEDIUM II FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION P. O. Box 1500 Butner, NC 27509-0000. [15-7390]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7390

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
GREGORY LAWRENCE TROPEA,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Newport News. Robert G. Doumar, Senior
District Judge. (4:13-cr-00075-RGD-DEM-1)

Submitted:

October 18, 2016

Before KING and
Circuit Judge.

SHEDD,

Circuit

Decided:

Judges,

and

November 4, 2016

HAMILTON,

Senior

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gregory Lawrence Tropea, Appellant Pro Se.
Kevin Patrick
Hudson, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia;
Lisa Rae McKeel, Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News,
Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Gregory Lawrence Tropea appeals the district court’s orders
denying his motion for transcripts at government expense and his
motion for reconsideration. *

We have reviewed the record and

find

Accordingly,

no

reversible

error.

reasons stated by the district court.

we

affirm

for

the

United States v. Tropea,

No. 4:13-cr-00075-RGD-DEM-1 (E.D. Va. July 31 & Aug. 18, 2015).
We

dispense

contentions

with
are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the

facts

and

the

materials

legal
before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

*

Although “the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure do not
specifically provide for motions for reconsideration,” Nilson
Van & Storage Co. v. Marsh, 755 F.2d 362, 364 (4th Cir. 1985),
we have acknowledged that, in certain circumstances, district
courts have the inherent authority to decide motions for
reconsideration in criminal cases.
United States v. Goodwyn,
596 F.3d 233, 236 (4th Cir. 2010).

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