No. 02-1480. ISTVANIK v. ROGGE. C.A.3d Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 50 Fed. Appx. 533.

No. 02-1561. BOWLES v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 58 Fed. Appx. 596.

No. 02-1565. SWARTZ v. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES. C.A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 50 Fed. Appx. 422.

No. 02-1567. MORGAN, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. PIRTLE. C.A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 313 F.3d 1160.

No. 02-1602. HEALTHCARE RECOVERIES, INC. v. HAMILTON. C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 310 F.3d 385.

No. 02-1614. WHARTON v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 320 F.3d 526.

No. 02-8719. HOLDER v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 247 F.3d 741.

No. 02-9096. ROBISON v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 50 Fed. Appx. 887.

No. 02-9408. EVANS v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 314 F.3d 329.

No. 02-9418. SUN BEAR, AKA JAMES v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 307 F.3d 747.

No. 02-9476. RIPKOWSKI v. TEXAS. Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 61 S.W.3d 378.

No. 02-9779. THOMAS v. OHIO. Sup.Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 97 Ohio St.3d 309, 779 N.E.2d 1017.

No. 02-9852. BOTTENFIELD v. TEXAS. Ct. App. Tex., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 77 S.W.3d 349.

No. 02-9918. COOPER v. ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER. C.A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.

No. 02-9919. CHHOUN v. CALIFORNIA. Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.