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    No. 03-9625.
    Benson v. Yarborough, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9668.
    Stewart v. Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9671.
    Risdal v. Halford et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9690.
    Burnes v. Bush, President of the United States; Burnes v. American Electric Power et al.; Burnes v. American Bar Assn. et al.; Burnes v. American Broadcasting Co. et al.; Burnes v. National Broadcasting Co. et al.; and Burnes v. Columbia Broadcast et al.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9695.
    Nowik v. North Dakota.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9707.
    Ibanez v. Verizon Virginia Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9712.
    Branham v. Budge, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9721.
    Ngang v. Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9726.
    Welch v. Carey, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9757.
    Seneca v. Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9774.
    Williams v. Farwell, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9815.
    Austin v. United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9816.
    McIntosh v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 5th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9822.
    Justice v. California.
   Sup. Ct. Cal. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9827.
    Garcia-Lopez v. New York.
   App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 1st Jud. Dept. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9835.
    Hernandez v. Smith.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9837.
    Alley v. Maine.
   Sup. Jud. Ct. Me. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9846.
    Forcum v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 5th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9865.
    Munday v. Office of Personnel Management.
   C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9870.
    Jennings v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9871.
    Cuong Le v. Giurbino, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9887.
    Perea v. United States et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9889.
    Mitchell v. Department of Commerce.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9899.
    Moore v. Schuetzle, Warden.
   Sup. Ct. N. D. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9906.
    Jones v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9923.
    Sinisterra v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


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    No. 03-9936.
    Warren v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9951.
    Scales v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9952.
    Hightower v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9957.
    Mines v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9958.
    Scruggs v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9965.
    Tucker v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9966.
    No. 03-9971.
    Toliver v. United States; and Patterson v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9973.
    Taylor et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9975.
    Darrington v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9978.
    Saunders v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9982.
    Rivera-Galvan v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9983.
    Leary v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9986.
    Sandoval-Venegas v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9989.
    Burgess v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9991.
    White v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9996.
    Watts v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10000.
    Veloz v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10002.
    Lupercio-Olivares v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10011.
    Melendez v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10012.
    Davis v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10015.
    Williams v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10026.
    McQuiddy v. Davis, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10028.
    Burnett v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10030.
    Coleman v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10037.
    Rainey v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10042.
    Emerson v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10043.
    Wells v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10047.
    Evans v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10048.
    Cover v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10050.
    Cannon v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10053.
    Dugar v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10054.
    Ballard v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10056.
    Thomson, aka Thompson, aka Thomsom v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10057.
    Cotton v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10059.
    Coleman v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10061.
    Daniels v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10064.
    Tillitz v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10068.
    Fulton v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10069.
    Gaucin Flores v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10071.
    Gibson et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10072.
    Froelich v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10074.
    Horn v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10075.
    Gonzalez-Edeza, aka Pelaez-Morgan v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10076.
    Garcia-Lopez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10077.
    Faulkner et al. v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10078.
    Helton v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10081.
    Green v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10083.
    Graham v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10087.
    Smith v. United States.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10092.
    Young v. Dodrill, Warden, et al.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10094.
    Freeman v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10105.
    Villegas-Zapata v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10125.
    Okeh v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10126.
    Morales-Merced v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-836.
    Colorado v. Miller.
   Sup. Ct. Colo. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-1338.
    Santa Barbara News-Press et al. v. Ross.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Motion of Media Entities for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9858.
    Dixon v. EquiCredit Corp. et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


text:
    No. 02-1270.
    No. 03-898.
    No. 03-1100.
    No. 03-1239.
    No. 03-8208.
    No. 03-8338.
    No. 03-8587.
    No. 03-8646.
    No. 03-8706.
    No. 03-8889.
    No. 03-8978.
    No. 03-9301.
    Perlman v. Department of Justice, Ortiz Velez, Mayor of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, et al. v. Rivera-Torres et al., Jones, dba Melder Publishing Co. v. Hawkins et al., Faconti v. Potter, Postmaster General, Lann v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Sacco v. New York, Ogunjobi-Yobo v. DeKalb County, Georgia, Parks v. City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, et al., Bahoda v. Michigan, D’Antuono v. New York, Pleasant, aka Pleasants v. United States, and Mathison et ux. v. Corrections Corporation of America et al.,
   ante, p. 970;

ante, p. 972;

ante, p. 973;

ante, p. 975;

ante, p. 907;

ante, p. 943;

ante, p. 962;

ante, p. 963;

ante, p. 977;

ante, p. 994;

ante, p. 956;

ante, p. 999. Petitions for rehearing denied.


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    No. 02-10418.
    Shelton v. Makel, Warden, 539 U. S. 963.
   Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied.


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    June 7, 2004
    No. 03-9708.
    Goff v. Ohio.
   Ct. App. Ohio, Summit County. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Crawford v. Washing ton, ante, p. 36.


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    No. 03M77.
    No. 03M78.
    Palumbo v. Brown, Warden; and Knight v. Stephens, Director, Washington State Department of Licensing, et al.
   Motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time denied.


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    No. 03-1230.
    No. 03-1234.
    No. 03-1250.
    American Trucking Assns., Inc., et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.; Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc., et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.; and Troy Cab, Inc., et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.
   Ct. App. Mich. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in these cases expressing the views of the United States.


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    No. 03-7434.
    Benitez v. Mata, Interim Field Office Director, Miami, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel granted. John S. Mills, Esq., of Jacksonville, Fla., is appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner in this case.


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    No. 03-9011.
    Corbin v. Florida Bar.
   Sup. Ct. Fla. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis [ante, p. 986] denied.


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    No. 03-9675.
    No. 03-10067.
    Strange v. Norfolk Southern Corp. and Holland v. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security.
   C. A. 11th Cir.; C. A. 3d Cir. Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed' in forma pauperis denied. Petitioners are allowed until June 28, 2004, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) and to submit petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.


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    No. 03-10311.
    No. 03-10315.
    No. 03-10358.
    In re Wilson; In re Kelley; and In re Parmar.
   Petitions for writs of habeas corpus denied.


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    No. 03-10284.
    In re Brooks.
   Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and petition for writ of habeas corpus dismissed. See this Court’s Rule 39.8. As 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.


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    No. 03-9623.
    No. 03-9654.
    In re Sheehan; and In re Cruz.
   Petitions for writs of mandamus denied.


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    No. 03-9619.
    In re Bronson.
   Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and petition for writ of mandamus and/or prohibition dismissed. See this Court’s Rule 39.8.


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    No. 03-1407.
    Rousey et ux. v. Jacoway.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari granted.


text:
    No. 03-1085.
    Samirah v. Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1097.
    Ritcheson v. C. C. Services, Inc.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1125.
    Texas Cities Coalition on Stormwater v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1247.
    Batzel v. Smith et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1259.
    Rogers v. Norfolk Southern Corp. et al.
   Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1273.
    Spargo et al. v. New York Commission on Judicial Conduct et al.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1384.
    Followell, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gurley v. Mills.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1385.
    Holguin v. Flood Control District of Greenlee County, Arizona, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1386.
    Granite State Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of St. Petersburg, Florida.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1387.
    Philson, aka Allah v. Sherrer, Administrator, Northern State Prison, et al.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1398.
    Crum et al. v. Flowers et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1402.
    Satre-Buisson v. Ashcroft, Attorney General.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1419.
    Fitzgerald, Treasurer of Iowa v. Racing Association of Central Iowa et al.
   Sup. Ct. Iowa. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1453.
    Cendejas v. England, Secretary of the Navy.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1472.
    Local Union No. 38, Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, AFL-CIO v. Pelella.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1473.
    Persik v. Manpower Inc.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-1490.
    Claim of Kawczynski et al. v. Estate of Cummings, Deceased.
   App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-8172.
    DeJesus v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-8225.
    Chevalier v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-8728.
    Gutierrez v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-8788.
    Murphy v. Washington.
   Ct. App. Wash. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9002.
    Greer v. United States.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9218.
    Busby v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9287.
    Pineda-Cortes v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9553.
    Haliburton v. Crosby, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9611.
    Soriano v. Hamlet, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9635.
    Moppins v. Carey, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9636.
    Thomas v. Blumenthal.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9639.
    Smith v. Mohamed.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9642.
    Childers v. Scott, Warden.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9643.
    Jones v. Kolb et al. (five judgments).
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9645.
    Darden v. Baskerville, Warden.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9646.
    Charles v. Smith, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9657.
    Dulisse v. Central Penn Property Service, Inc.
   Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9658.
    Daniels v. McLemore, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9660.
    Tatum v. Knowles, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9661.
    Walker v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9663.
    Braggs v. Crosby, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
   Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 3d Dist. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9669.
    Booker v. Anderson, Warden.
   Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9670.
    Aldrich v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9674.
    Powell v. Hall, Warden.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9683.
    Taylor v. Rushton, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9687.
    Cuesta v. Bertrand, Warden.


text:
    No. 03-9692.
    Sims v. Kemp, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9698.
    Lloyd v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9702.
    Squires v. North Carolina.
   Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9705.
    Rodriguez v. Eddowes.
   Sup. Ct. Nev. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9710.
    Bryant-Bey v. Georgia.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9722.
    Owens v. Kemna, Superintendent, Crossroads Correctional Center.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9723.
    Hong Bao Li v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9725.
    Williams v. California.
   Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9732.
    Byrd v. Raleigh Housing Authority.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9733.
    Baker v. Turner, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9769.
    Donnelly v. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9780.
    Spies v. Iowa.
   Sup. Ct. Iowa. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9862.
    Valdez v. Texas.
   Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9902.
    Mendez, aka Benitez v. Yarborough, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9919.
    Etokie v. Disability Action Center, Inc.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9960.
    Faulkner v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 5th Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9967.
    Lynch v. Sternes, Warden.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9976.
    Carter v. Illinois.
   Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9981.
    Riggs v. Williams, Warden.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9995.
    Devine v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 3d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-9999.
    Nobles v. Illinois.
   App. Ct. Ill., 3d Dist. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10009.
    Binh Ly v. Kansas.
   Sup. Ct. Kan. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10025.
    Brown v. New York.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certio-rari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10046.
    Carter v. Lappin, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10063.
    Townsend v. Davis, Warden.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10070.
    Garcia, aka Garcia-Olvera v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10085.
    Russell v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10086.
    Shaw v. United States.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10107.
    Kastnerova v. United States et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10109.
    Johnson v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


text:
    No. 03-10111.
    Milan-Garduno v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10117.
    Hinton v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10121.
    Gay v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


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    No. 03-10123.
    Herrick v. Crosby, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certio-rari denied.


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    No. 03-10136.
    Gaston v. United States.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10137.
    Arnett v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10143.
    Madrigal-Ferreira v. United States.
   C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10144.
    Jackson v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10149.
    Bobbitt v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10154.
    Missouri v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10157.
    Jones v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10158.
    Maxwell v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10159.
    Madera-Sanchez v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10166.
    Breitweiser v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10170.
    Lugones v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10171.
    Butler v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10173.
    Cardenas v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10176.
    White v. United States.
   C. A. 1st Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10181.
    Sandmeyer v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10185.
    Sales v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10186.
    Lightner v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10187.
    Waters v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10188.
    Graham v. Adams et al.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10190.
    Hewitt v. United States.
   Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10191.
    Fountain v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10193.
    Fleming v. United States.
   C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10203.
    Herrin v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10205.
    Grubbs v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10206.
    Green v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10210.
    Griffin v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10216.
    Harvey v. United States.
   C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10218.
    Fourstar v. United States.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10220.
    Zakhary v. United States.
   C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10221.
    Wallace v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10223.
    Harris, aka Suluki v. United States.
   C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-10237.
    Blunt v. Highland Park City School District.
   Ct. App. Mich. Certiorari denied.


author: Chief Justice Rehnquist,

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    No. 03-1082.
    Colorado General Assembly v. Salazar, Attorney General of Colorado, et al.
   Sup. Ct. Colo. Certio-rari denied.

Chief Justice Rehnquist,

with whom Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas join,

dissenting.

As a result of the 2000 census, Congress allotted an additional seat in the House of Representatives to Colorado. The Colorado General Assembly failed to pass a congressional redistricting plan in time for the 2002 elections. In response to a suit brought by Colorado voters, a Colorado State District Court drew a congressional district map for the 2002 elections that took account of the new census figures and conformed to federal voting rights requirements. Avalos v. Davidson, No. 01-CV-2897, 2002 WL 1895406 (Jan. 25, 2002), aff’d sub nom. Beauprez v. Avalos, 42 P. 3d 642 (Colo. 2002) (en banc).

At the end of the 2003 regular session, the newly elected General Assembly enacted a redistricting plan, which was signed into law on May 9, 2003. Shortly thereafter, the Colorado Attorney General, Ken Salazar, filed an original action in the Supreme Court of Colorado, seeking an injunction to prevent the Colorado Secretary of State, Donetta Davidson, from implementing the General Assembly’s redistricting plan and requesting a writ of mandamus requiring Davidson to return to the 2002 redistricting plan. The General Assembly intervened on the respondents’ side to join Davidson.

The Supreme Court of Colorado held, inter alia, that Article V, §44, of the Colorado Constitution limits redistricting to once per decade, to be completed in the time between the decennial census and the first election of the decade. People ex rel. Salazar v. Davidson, 79 P. 3d 1221, 1231 (2003) (en banc). The court stated:

“We recognize and emphasize that the General Assembly has primary responsibility for drawing congressional districts. But we also hold that when the General Assembly fails to provide a constitutional redistricting plan in the face of an upcoming election and courts are forced to step in, these judicially-created districts are just as binding and permanent as districts created by the General Assembly. We further hold that regardless of the method by which the districts are created, the state constitution prohibits redrawing the districts until after the next decennial census.” Ibid.

The court ordered Davidson to employ the judicially created plan through the 2010 elections. While purporting to decide the issues presented exclusively on state-law grounds, the court made an express and necessary interpretation of the term “Legislature” in the Federal Elections Clause in concluding that “[njothing in state or federal law contradicts this limitation.” Id,., at 1232. The General Assembly and Davidson have asked this Court to review the Colorado Supreme Court’s conclusion that Article V, §44, of the Colorado Constitution (as construed by the Supreme Court of Colorado) does not violate Article I, §4, cl. 1, of the Federal Constitution. While not disputing state courts’ remedial authority to impose temporary redistricting plans “so long as the legislature does not fulfill its duty to redistrict,” Pet. for Cert. 22, they argue that the permanent use of a court-ordered plan, despite the legislature’s proposal of a valid alternative, violates the Federal Constitution.

Article I, §4, cl. 1, of the United States Constitution provides:

“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”

By interpreting “general assembly” in Article V, §44, of the Colorado Constitution to include the state courts, the Supreme Court of Colorado held that the Colorado Constitution makes the state courts part of the legislative process. The court relies on Smiley v. Holm, 285 U. S. 355 (1932), for the proposition that the States have the right to define “Legislature” under Article I, § 4.

In Smiley, the Supreme Court of Minnesota had interpreted Article I, §4, as vesting the power to redistrict solely in the legislative body of Minnesota, without the need for gubernatorial approval. We first noted that there was no question as to what “body” the term “legislature” describes:

“As this Court said in Hawke v. Smith, No. 1, 253 U. S. 221, 227 [(1920)], the term was not one ‘of uncertain meaning when incorporated into the Constitution. What it meant when adopted it still means for the purpose of interpretation. A Legislature was then the representative body which made the laws of the people.’ ” 285 U. S., at 365.

We next explained that the focus of our inquiry was not the “body” but the function to be performed. We concluded that the function referred to by Article I, §4, was the lawmaking process, which is defined by state law. 285 U. S., at 372. In Minnesota, the lawmaking process, as defined by the State, included the participation of the Governor. Id., at 372-373.

And in Ohio ex rel. Davis v. Hildebrant, 241 U. S. 565 (1916), we examined referenda to approve or disapprove by popular vote any law enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. In each of these decisions, we concluded that the lawmaking mechanisms were consistent with Article I, §4. Conspicuously absent from the Colorado lawmaking regime, under the Supreme Court of Colorado’s construction of the Colorado Constitution to include state-court orders as part of the lawmaking, is participation in the process by a body representing the people, or the people themselves in a referendum.

Generally the separation of powers among branches of a State’s government raises no federal constitutional questions, subject to the requirement that the government be republican in character. But the words “shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof” operate as a limitation on the State. Cf. McPherson v. Blacker, 146 U. S. 1, 26 (1892) (discussing Article II, § 1, cl. 2, of the U. S. Constitution). And to be consistent with Article I, §4, there must be some limit on the State’s ability to define lawmaking by excluding the legislature itself in favor of the courts.

We should grant certiorari to review the Colorado state court’s debatable interpretation of this provision of federal law. I dissent from the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.


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    No. 03-1382.
    Huffman, Warden v. Frazier.
   C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-1397.
    Civil Liberties for Urban Believers et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.
   C. A. 7th Cir. Motions of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty et al. and American Jewish Congress et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-1502.
    Ranger Cellular et al. v. Federal Communications Commission.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Motion of petitioners for partial remand for consideration of settlement agreement denied. Certiorari denied.


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    No. 03-9656.
    Dulisse v. Homeside Lending, Inc.
   Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.

Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.


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    No. 03-8096.
    No. 03-8517.
    No. 03-8625.
    No. 03-8779.
    No. 03-8899.
    No. 03-8905.
    No. 03-8912.
    No. 03-9086.
    No. 03-9309.
    No. 03-9358.
    No. 03-9472.
    Morrison v. Georgia, Simpson v. Colorado, McCoy v. Yarborough, Warden, et al., Criswell v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Janes v. United States, Rondeau v. Rondeau, Ervin v. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, Gilbert v. Renico, Warden, Breen v. United States, Glass v. Broadway Electric Service, Inc., and In re McQuiddy,
   ante, p. 940;

ante, p. 947;

ante, p. 962;

ante, p. 991;

ante, p. 954;

ante, p. 954;

ante, p. 1013;

ante, p. 999;

ante, p. 1016;

ante, p. 986. Petitions for rehearing denied.


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    June 8, 2004
    No. 03-10767 (03A1002).
    Bryan v. Mullin, Warden, et al.
   C. A. 10th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Breyer, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.