Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Summary

The Court, per curiam, denied Martin leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Rule 39.8 and directed the Clerk not to accept further certiorari petitions from him in noncriminal matters unless he paid the docketing fee and complied with Rule 33. His repeated frivolous filings, despite an earlier warning, justified prospective restrictions to protect the Court's limited resources. Martin could proceed with the pending petitions by satisfying those requirements by November 23, 1992. Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Blackmun, dissented, arguing that simply denying the petitions would use fewer resources and that the restriction undermined the Court's tradition of open access.