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- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
- JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, Jr. v. MICHAEL C.
- STORRIE et al.
- on motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
- No. 92-6846. Decided March 8, 1993
-
- Per Curiam.
- Pro se petitioner John R. Demos, Jr. has made 48 in
- forma pauperis filings in this Court since the beginning
- of the October 1988 Term, many of which challenged
- sanctions imposed by lower courts for frivolous filings.
- Almost two years ago, we prospectively denied Demos
- leave to proceed in forma pauperis -in all future petitions
- for extraordinary relief.- In re Demos, 500 U. S. --,
- -- (1991) (per curiam). At that time, we said that
- Demos -remains free under the present order to file in
- forma pauperis requests for relief other than an extraordi-
- nary writ, if he qualifies under this Court's Rule 39 and
- does not similarly abuse that privilege.- Ibid.
- Since then, Demos has filed 14 petitions for certiorari.
- We denied the first seven petitions outright, and denied
- Demos leave to proceed in forma pauperis under our Rule
- 39.8 as to the following six. Today, we invoke Rule 39.8
- again with respect to the instant petition. Demos is
- allowed until March 29, 1993, within which to pay the
- docketing fees required by Rule 38 and to submit the
- petition in compliance with this Court's Rule 33. Because
- Demos has refused to heed our prior warning, we further
- direct the Clerk to reject all future petitions for certiorari
- from Demos in noncriminal matters unless he pays the
- docketing fee required by Rule 38 and submits his petition
- in compliance with Rule 33. See Martin v. District of
- Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. -- (1992) (per
- curiam). Demos' continued course of abusive filings
- plainly warrants this sanction.
- It is so ordered.
-