United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Roy Steve Davis, Defendant-appellant, 972 F.2d 342 (4th Cir. 1992)

Roy Steve Davis, a federal inmate, appeals from the district court's order denying his motion for production of a trial transcript and other documents at government expense. Davis is serving a 1990 sentence for bank robbery and related charges. No direct appeal was taken from his conviction and sentence and no Motion to Vacate Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988) or other collateral challenge has yet been filed in the district court.¹  We therefore affirm the district court's denial of Davis's motion, because federal inmates are not entitled to the production of a transcript or other documents at government expense for collateral attacks on their convictions absent a showing of particularized need. See United States v. Shoaf, 341 F.2d 832 (4th Cir. 1964). See also United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317 (1976).²  We dispense 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