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Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Ordway v. Region 13 Mental Health-Mental Retardation Commission

Ordway v. Region 13 Mental Health-Mental Retardation Commission
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 16, 1984 · Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens
464 U.S. 1067; 104 S. Ct. 971 (United States Reports)

Ordway v. Region 13 Mental Health-Mental Retardation Commission

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan, Justice Marshall, Justice Blackmun, and Justice Stevens,

dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., ante, p. 928, we would deny the petition for certiorari in this case *1068without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pawperis.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until February 6, 1984, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 45(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33 of the Rules of this Court.

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