Supreme Court of the United States, 2004

Patterson v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Patterson v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 12, 2004 · Stevens
543 U.S. 921; 125 S. Ct. 331; 160 L. Ed. 2d 219; 73 U.S.L.W. 3237; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 6921 (United States Reports)

Patterson v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and certiorari dismissed. See this Court’s Rule 39.8. As petitioner has repeatedly abused this Court’s process, the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions in noncriminal matters from petitioner unless the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) is paid and the petition is submitted in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam).

Justice Stevens dissents.

See id., at 4, and cases cited therein.

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