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WALKER v. O'BRIEN

Nos. 96-4010, 97-3792, 97-3797 to 97-3800, 98-1328.

216 F.3d 626 (2000)

Jimmy WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.T. O'BRIEN, Respondent-Appellee. and Joseph W. Finfrock, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Craig A. Hanks, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg (Argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant in No. 96-4010.

Jimmy Walker, Springfield, MO, pro se.

Joseph W. Finfrock, Carlisle, IN, pro se.

David E. Jones (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Respondents-Appellees in Nos. 96-4010, 98-1328.

Karen M. Freeman-Wilson, Jon B. Laramore (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for remaining Respondents-Appellees.

Howard B. Eisenberg (Argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Amicus Curiae.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

The passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), and the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Pub.L. No. 104-134, § 801 et seq., 110 Stat. 1321-66 (1996), which became effective on April 24, 1996 and April 26, 1996, respectively, ushered in a new and far more restrictive era for prisoner litigation. A critical feature of both statutes was the creation of gatekeeping...

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