Jones v. Abc-Tv, 516 U.S. 363 (1996)

Jones v. ABC-TV


No. 95-7186


Decided February 26, 1996
516 U.S. 363

ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Syllabus

When this Court first invoked Rule 39.8 to deny petitioner Jones in forma pauperis status in October, 1992, he had filed over 25 petitions in the Court, all of which were patently frivolous and had been denied without recorded dissent. Since then, this Court has invoked Rule 39.8 five times to deny him in forma pauperis status.

Held: for the reasons discussed in Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U.S. 1, Jones is denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis in the instant case, and the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions for certiorari from him in noncriminal matters unless he pays the required docketing fee and submits his petition in compliance with this Court’s Rule 33.1. This order will not prevent Jones from petitioning to challenge criminal sanctions which might be imposed against him, but it will allow this Court to devote its limited resources to the claims of petitioners who have not abused the certiorari process.

Motion denied.