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- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
- 92-8933 IN RE GEORGE SASSOWER
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 92-8934 v.
- MEAD DATA CENTRAL INC., et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 92-9228 v.
- D. MICHAEL CRITES, et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5045 v.
- KRIENDLER & RELKIN, et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5127 v.
- LEE FELTMAN, et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5128 v.
- PUCCINI CLOTHES, et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5129 v.
- A. R. FUELS, et al.
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5252 v.
- JANET RENO
-
- GEORGE SASSOWER
- 93-5358 v.
- ROBERT ABRAMS, ATTORNEY GENERAL
- OF NEW YORK
-
- 93-5596 IN RE SASSOWER
-
- on motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
- Nos. 92-8933, 92-8934, 92-9228, 93-5045, 93-5127, 93-5128,
- 93-5129, 93-5252, 93-5358 and 93-5596. Decided October 12, 1993
-
- Per Curiam.
- Pro se petitioner George Sassower requests leave
- to proceed in forma pauperis under Rule 39 of this Court.
- We deny this request pursuant to Rule 39.8. Sassower
- is allowed until November 2, 1993, within which to pay
- the docketing fees required by Rule 38 and to submit his
- petitions in compliance with this Court's Rule 33. For the
- reasons explained below, we also direct the Clerk not to
- accept any further petitions for certiorari nor any petitions
- for extraordinary writs from Sassower in noncriminal
- matters unless he pays the docketing fee required by Rule
- 38 and submits his petition in compliance with Rule 33.
- Prior to this Term, Sassower had filed 11 petitions
- in this Court over the last three years. Although Sassow-
- er was granted in forma pauperis status to file these peti-
- tions, all were denied without recorded dissent. During
- the last four months, Sassower has suddenly increased
- his filings. He currently has ten petitions pending before
- this Court-all of them patently frivolous.
- Although we have not previously denied Sassower in
- forma pauperis status pursuant to Rule 39.8, we think
- it appropriate to enter an order pursuant to Martin v.
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. ___
- (1992). In both In re Sindram, 498 U. S. 177 (1991) (per
- curiam) and In re McDonald, 489 U. S. 180 (1989) (per
- curiam), we entered orders similar to this one without
- having previously denied petitioners' motions to proceed
- in forma pauperis under Rule 39.8. For the important
- reasons discussed in Martin, Sindram, and McDonald,
- we feel compelled to enter the order today barring
- prospective filings from Sassower.
- Sassower's abuse of the writ of certiorari and of the
- extraordinary writs has been in noncriminal cases, and
- so we limit our sanction accordingly. The order therefore
- will not prevent Sassower from petitioning to challenge
- criminal sanctions which might be imposed on him. The
- order, however, will allow this Court to devote its limited
- resources to the claims of petitioners who have not
- abused our process.
- It is so ordered.
-
- Justice Thomas and Justice Ginsburg took no part
- in the consideration or decision of the motion in No.
- 93-5252, Sassower v. Reno.
-