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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
JUSTICE STEVENS, with whom JUSTICE BLACKMUN joins, dissenting.
In my opinion, the administration of special procedures for disposing of
repetitive and frivolous petitions is less efficient than our past practice of
simply denying such petitions.* I continue to adhere to my previously stated *
views on this issue, see Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 ______ _____________________________________
U. S. ___, ___ (1992) (STEVENS, J., dissenting); Zatko v. California, 502 U. S. _____ __________
___, ___ (1991) (STEVENS, J., dissenting), and would deny certiorari rather than
invoking Rule 39 in this case. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.
____________________
*The next issue the Court will confront in developing its Rule 39.8 *
jurisprudence, for instance, is whether to apply orders like today's
retroactively, to petitions pending on the date they are issued.