Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Shewchun v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 24, 1986 · Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

475 U.S. 1008; 106 S. Ct. 1180; 54 U.S.L.W. 3561; 89 L. Ed. 2d 297; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 210 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until March 17, 1986, 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.

Dissenting Opinion

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

dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in Brown v. Herald Co., 464 U. S. 928 (1983), we would deny the petition for writ of certiorari without reaching the merits of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

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