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EVANS v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Nos. 98-1461, 98-2050.

150 F.3d 810 (1998)

William A. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee, Aaron B. SCRUGGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward COHN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Evans, Menard, IL (submitted on briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 98-1461.

Aaron B. Scruggs (submitted on briefs), Westville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 98-2050.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 98-2050.

Before CUMMINGS, ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

We have consolidated for consideration and decision two cases to specify what information district courts must include in orders denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis because the prisoner has accrued "three strikes" under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA), Pub.L. 104-134, Title VIII, 110 Stat. 1321. Under the PLRA, a prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis

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