SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
DONALD H. BRANCATO v. PRISCILLA F. GUNN ET AL.
ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
No. 98-9913. Decided October 12, 1999

   PER CURIAM.
   Pro se petitioner Brancato seeks leave to proceed in 
forma pauperis under Rule 39 of this Court.  We deny this 
request as frivolous pursuant to Rule 39.8.  Brancato 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 from Brancato in noncriminal matters unless he 
first pays the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and sub-
mits his petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1.
   Brancato has abused this Court's certiorari process.  On 
June 7, 1999, we invoked Rule 39.8 to deny Brancato in 
forma pauperis status with respect to a petition for certio-
rari.  See Brancato v. Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co., 527 
U. S. -.  Prior to the Rule 39.8 denial, Brancato had filed 
six petitions for certiorari, all of which were both frivolous 
and had been denied without recorded dissent.  The in-
stant petition for certiorari thus brings Brancato's total 
number of frivolous filings to eight.
   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).  Brancato's 
abuse of the writ of certiorari has been in noncriminal 
cases, and we limit our sanction accordingly.  The order 
therefore will not prevent Brancato 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.