Opinion
OCTOBER 29, 2001
No. 00-8452 ATKINS v. VIRGINIA. Sup.Ct. Va. [Certiorari granted, 533 U.S. 976, and ante, p. 809.] Motion of respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted denied.
No. 01-628 LANTZ v. BANKS, CLERK, CITY OF SOUTHFIELD. Ct. App. Mich. Motion of petitioner to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari denied.
No. 01-6545 IN RE ANDREWS. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied.
No. 01-6689 IN RE NORTHINGTON. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus dismissed. See this Court's Rule 39.8.
No. 01-6063 IN RE BUTCHER. Petition for a writ of mandamus denied.
No. 01-5362 IN RE AWOFOLU. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and the petition for a writ of mandamus dismissed. See this Court's Rule 39.8. As the 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.
No. 01-5964 IN RE JOHNSON. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and the petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition dismissed. See this Court's Rule 39.8.