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Cite as: 528 U. S. ____ (1999) 1

Per Curiam

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHN B DEMPSEY v. RALPH MARTIN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS No. 995283. Decided October 12, 1999

PER CURIAM. Pro se petitioner Dempsey seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Rule 39 of this Court. We deny this request as frivolous pursuant to Rule 39.8. Dempsey is allowed until November 2, 1999, within which to pay the docketing fees 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 or petitions for extraordinary writs from Dempsey in noncriminal matters unless he first pays the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and submits his peti- tions in compliance with Rule 33.1. Dempsey has abused this Court's certiorari and extraor- dinary writ processes. On October 5, 1992, we invoked Rule 39.8 to deny Dempsey in forma pauperis status with respect to a petition for certiorari. See Dempsey v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 506 U. S. 810. At that time, Dempsey had filed 11 petitions for certiorari and 1 petition for an ex- traordinary writ, all of which were both frivolous and had been denied without recorded dissent. Since that time, Dempsey has filed five petitions for certiorari, all of which were also frivolous and denied without recorded dissent. The instant petition for certiorari thus brings Dempsey's total number of frivolous filings to 19. We enter the order barring prospective filings for the reasons discussed in Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam). Dempsey's abuse of the writ of certiorari and of the extraordinary

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STEVENS, J., dissenting

writs has been in noncriminal cases, and we limit our sanction accordingly. The order therefore will not prevent Dempsey from petitioning to challenge criminal sanctions which might be imposed on him. The order will, however, allow this Court to devote its limited resources to the claims of petitioners who have not abused our processes.

It is so ordered.

JUSTICE STEVENS, dissenting. For reasons previously stated, see Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1, 4 (1992) (STEVENS, J., dissenting), and cases cited, I respectfully dissent.