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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

nished  by  the  person  requesting  its  certiﬁcation,  $.50  per 
page; 

(d)  for a certiﬁcate bearing the seal of the Court, $10; and 
(e)  for a check paid to the Court, Clerk, or Marshal that is 

returned for lack of funds, $35. 

Rule 39.  Proceedings In Forma Pauperis 

1.  A party seeking to proceed in forma pauperis shall ﬁle 
a  motion  for  leave  to  do  so,  together  with  the  party’s  nota­
rized  afﬁdavit  or  declaration  (in  compliance  with  28  U. S. C. 
§ 1746) in the form prescribed by the Federal Rules of Appel­
late  Procedure,  Form  4.  The  motion  shall  state  whether 
leave to proceed in forma pauperis was sought in any other 
court  and,  if  so,  whether  leave  was  granted.  If  the  United 
States  district  court  or  the  United  States  court  of  appeals 
has appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, 
18  U. S. C.  § 3006A,  or  under  any  other  applicable  federal 
statute, no afﬁdavit or declaration is required, but the motion 
shall cite the statute under which counsel was appointed. 

2.  If leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sought for the 
purpose  of  ﬁling  a  document,  the  motion,  and  an  afﬁdavit 
or  declaration  if  required,  shall  be  ﬁled  together  with  that 
document  and  shall  comply  in  every  respect  with  Rule  21. 
As provided in that Rule, it sufﬁces to ﬁle an original and 10 
copies,  unless  the  party  is  an  inmate  conﬁned  in  an  institu­
tion  and  is  not  represented  by  counsel,  in  which  case  the 
original, alone, sufﬁces.  A copy of the motion, and afﬁdavit 
or  declaration  if  required,  shall  precede  and  be  attached  to 
each copy of the accompanying document. 

3.  Except when these Rules expressly provide that a docu­
ment shall be prepared as required by Rule 33.1, every docu­
ment presented by a party proceeding under this Rule shall 
be  prepared  as  required  by  Rule  33.2  (unless  such  prep­
aration  is  impossible).  Every  document  shall  be  legible. 
While  making  due  allowance  for  any  case  presented  under 
this  Rule  by  a  person  appearing  pro  se,  the  Clerk  will  not 
ﬁle any document if it does not comply with the substance of 
these Rules or is jurisdictionally out of time.