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LEWIS v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 01-2251, 01-2252.

279 F.3d 526 (2002)

William C. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SULLIVAN, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and his successor Jon E. Litscher, Defendants-Appellants, and United States of America, Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Coyne (argued), Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas J. Dawson (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 01-2251.

Thomas J. Dawson (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant in No. 01-2252.

Edward Himmelfarb (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellant in No. 02-2252.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

One of the changes made in 1996 by the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires prisoners to prepay the filing and docketing fees of most future suits, if they have a history of frivolous litigation. The precise language of what has come to be called the three-strikes rule is this:

In no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding under this section if the prisoner has, on 3 or...

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