UNPUBLISHED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 Decided: November 4, 2016
Before KING and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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 no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the
reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Tropea,
No. 4:13-cr-00075-RGD-DEM-1 (E.D. Va. July 31 & Aug. 18, 2015).
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
*
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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