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QO O 48.0On May 4,1995 Appellant appeared in the office of the clerk,United States district court,Eastern district of Miss- ouri,to file returned Summonses,and have summonses signed and sealed pursuant to Rule 4(a)(b),Fed.R.Civ.P.,that he may have served upon Defendants in his pending lawsuits,e.g.,Jones vs. ABC Television Network,et al., 4:94-CV-1192; Jones vs.Sharp Electronics Corp.,et al.,4:94-CV-1098; Jones vs.Chris Weather- ford,et al., 4:94-CV-549; Jones vs.Suburban Journals,et al., 4:94-CV-1107; Jones vs.American Civil Liberties Union, et al., that Appellant paid the statutory filing fees,and served Defen- dants with Copies:.of Complaints, and Requests to waiver service of summonses,as required pursuant to Rule 4(d),thr. (G),Fed.R.Civ.P.,that in each case Appellant had some defenda- nts served by professional process servers,including those in other states,e.g., New York,N.Y.,that cost of 1000s of dollars to Appellant.On May 4,1995 Appellant asked deputy clerk,Cross to sign and seal. summonses which he had prépared for service upon Defendants in Washington,D.C.Cross refused to sign the summonses,stating that they had a new rule"that a Team in the back office signs summonses‘Appellant asked; if that was a new local rule ? Cross replied; "Yes." Appellant said that he will wait. Cross went to the telephone made a call to whom Appellant believe to be clerk,Robert D.St.Vrain,talked approximately ten minutes,hung up the phone and made another call,to whom Appell- ant believe to be U.S.district judge,Catherine D.Parry,reason; Cross returned to the counter and told Appellant that the order was that they could Only receive papers on.pending cases,but 30