Brown v. Williams, 522 U.S. 1 (1997) (per curiam)

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CASES ADJUDGED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1997

BROWN v. WILLIAMS et al.

on motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis

No. 97-5370. Decided October 20, 1997

Pro se petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis so that he may file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Sixth Circuit. Since 1994, when this Court invoked its Rule 39.8 to deny him in forma pauperis status, Brown v. Brown, 513 U. S. 1040, he has filed eight petitions, each of which has been denied without recorded dissent.

Held: Petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. For the reasons discussed in Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1, he is also barred from filing any further certiorari petitions in noncriminal matters unless he first pays the required docketing fee and submits his petition in compliance with Rule 33.1. Motion denied.

Per Curiam. Pro se petitioner Carson Lynn Brown seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis in order that he may file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which dismissed his appeal after he failed to pay the required filing fee.

We deny petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis. He is allowed until November 10, 1997, within which to pay the docketing fee required by this Court's Rule 38(a) and to submit his petition in compliance with Rule 33.1. For the

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