Sylvester Jones v. Abc-tv et al. (516 U.S. 363)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 26, 1996 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 516 U.S. 363 · 116 S. Ct. 870
- Decided
- February 26, 1996
- Term
- October Term 1995
- Vote
- 7–1
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Petition denied or appeal dismissed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Per Curiam. Pro se petitioner Sylvester Jones requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Rule 39 of this Court. We deny this request pursuant to Rule 39.8. Jones is allowed until March 18, 1996, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and to submit his petition in compliance with this Court’s Rule 33.1. We also direct the Clerk not to accept any further petitions for certiorari from Jones in noncriminal matters unless he pays the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and submits his petition in compliance with Rule 33.1. Jones has abused this Court’s certiorari process. In October 1992, we first invoked Rule 39.8 to deny Jones informa pauperis status in two petitions for certiorari. See Jones v. Wright, 506 U. S. 810; In re Jones, 506 U. S. 810. At that time, Jones had filed over 25 petitions in this Court, all of which were patently frivolous and had been denied without recorded dissent. And since October 1992, we have invoked Rule 39.8 five times to deny Jones informa pauperis status. See Jones v. Schulze, 513 U. S. 805 (1994); In re Jones, 510 U. S. 963 (1993); Jones v. Jackson, 510 U. S. 808 (1993); Jones v. Suter, 508 U. S. 949 (1993); Jones v. Jackson, 506 U. S. 1047 (1993). Currently, Jones has at least two more petitions for certiorari pending. We enter the order barring prospective filings for the reasons discussed in Martin v. District of…
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