Brancato v. Gunn

Brancato v. Gunn
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 12, 1999
Full case name	Brancato v. Gunn et al.
Docket no.	98-9913
Citations	528 U.S. 1 (more)
Holding
Abusive filer of frivolous petitions is denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis under this Court’s Rule 39.8 and barred from filing further certiorari petitions in noncriminal matters unless he first pays the docketing fee required by Rule 38 and submits his petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U.S. 1.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Per curiam
Dissent	Stevens

Brancato v. Gunn is a United States Supreme Court case regarding frivolous court filings. In the case, the Court denied petitioner's ability to continue to submit such filings.^[1]