Opinion
12-CR-802-1 (JMF)
11-20-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. TREVOR COLE, Defendant.
ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Defendant Trevor Cole, proceeding without counsel, filed the attached “Demand for Discovery Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(a).” Construing the demand as a motion, the Court denies the motion as meritless because judgment has already been entered (and affirmed) in this case. See ECF Nos. 100, 262. Even if Cole had filed a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 - which he has not - discovery would be available only for “good cause,” Rule 6(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings, and any request for discovery would have to “provide reasons for the request,” id. Rule 6(b). Cole provides no “reasons for the request” and certainly does not demonstrate “good cause.” Accordingly, his “demand” for discovery is denied. See United States v. LoCascio, 502 F.Supp.3d 708, 720 (E.D.N.Y. 2020).
The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this Order to:
Trevor Cole
Reg. No. 67573-054
U.S.P. ATWATER
P.O. Box 019001
Atwater, CA 95301
SO ORDERED.