Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Issa v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 21, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

475 U.S. 1117; 106 S. Ct. 1632; 90 L. Ed. 2d 178; 54 U.S.L.W. 3697; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1858 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. Fed. Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner is allowed until May 12, 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, 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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