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Timestamp: 2017-10-19 03:23:15
Document Index: 101584626

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 753', '§ 753', '§ 2255', '§ 753', '§ 2250', '§ 753', '§ 2250', '§ 2255']

HOLLYWOOD DEWAYNE GILL, Defendant.
This matter is pending for consideration of pro se Defendant Hollywood Dewayne Gill's request that the Clerk of the Court provide him with copies of the transcript of his sentencing hearing. [Record No. 59] Two statutes, 28 U.S.C. §§ 753(f) and 2250, define the government's responsibility to provide transcripts or other court documents to indigent inmates. Pursuant to § 753(f), the government must furnish transcripts of criminal proceedings where a prisoner has authorization to proceed in forma pauperis, the court finds that the § 2255 action is not frivolous, and the court actually needs the transcript to rule on an issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 753(f). With respect to court documents, § 2250 provides:
Under both statutes, the petitioner must show "a particularized need" for the document requested. Sistrunk v. United States, 992 F.2d 258, 259 (10th Cir. 1993) (addressing requirements of § 753(f) (citing United States v. Maccollom, 426 U.S. 317, 326 (1976)); Bozeman v. United States, 354 F.Supp. 1262, 1263-64 (E.D. Va. 1973) (explaining "particularized need" standard for purposes of § 2250). Here, Gill asserts that he needs the requested document in connection with motions he intends to file seeking collateral relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. This broad, vague reason is ...