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SMITH v. GILMORE

No. 96-1397.

111 F.3d 55 (1997)

Johnny SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry D. GILMORE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Smith (submitted), Pontiac, IL, pro se.

Rita M. Novak, Paul J. Chevlin, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

We have an appeal by a state prisoner from the dismissal of his petition for federal habeas corpus. The ground of the dismissal was that the petition was an abuse of the writ — the prisoner's third petition for habeas corpus challenging his conviction. The judge also fined the prisoner $50 under Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 for filing a frivolous pleading and, citing Support Systems International, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185<...

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