Case Name: Becker v. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-01-16
Citations: 531 U.S. 1110
Docket Number: No. 00-6374
Parties: Becker v. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 531
Pages: 1110–1110

Head Matter:
No. 00-6374.
Becker v. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, et al.

Opinion:
C. A. 6th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 1069.] The order granting the petition for writ of certiorari is amended .to read as follows: Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: "When a party files a timely notice of appeal in district court, does the failure to sign the notice of appeal require the court of appeals to dismiss the appeal?" Stewart A. Baker, Esq., of Washington, D. C., is invited to brief and argue this case as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below.