US v. Travis Starks, No. 13-6320 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-6320 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TRAVIS STARKS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (6:08-cr-00467-HMH-3) Submitted: May 30, 2013 Decided: June 5, 2013 Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Travis Starks, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Jean Howard, Regan Alexandra Pendleton, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Travis Starks appeals the district court s oral order, entered on the docket on February 20, 2013, denying his motion to compel motion. error. the Government to file a substantial assistance We have reviewed the record and find no reversible Accordingly, we affirm as Starks failed to make a substantial threshold showing that the Government s decision not to file the substantial assistance motion was based on an unconstitutional motive or was not rationally related to any legitimate Government end. 181, 185-86 (1992). facts and materials legal before See Wade v. United States, 504 U.S. We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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