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MARTIN v. U.S.

Nos. 96-2011, 96-2267, 96-2541, 96-2568 and 96-8027.

96 F.3d 853 (1996)

Larry A. MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. Victor FERNANDEZ, also known as Marce, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. Thaddeus WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Douglas HIGGINS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Joseph E. TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Craig A. HANKS, Respondent-Appellee. In re Adam R. HOUSER, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Martin (submitted), pro se.

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL for Respondent-Appellee in Nos. 96-2011, 96-2267.

Victor Fernandez (submitted), pro se.

Thaddeus Williams (submitted), pro se.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Joseph E. Taylor (submitted), pro se.

Pamela Carter, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee in No. 96-2568.

Adam R. Houser (submitted), pro se.

Gerald A. Coraz, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated for consideration and decision five cases presenting four questions of interpretation under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-134, Title VIII, 110 Stat. 1321, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, both enacted this past April.

1. The first question (presented by No. 96-8027) is whether a petition for mandamus is within the scope of the Prison...

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