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JACOBS v. McCAUGHTRY

No. 01-1847

251 F.3d 596 (2001)

Chris JACOBS, Applicant, v. Gary R. McCAUGHTRY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 9, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris J. Jacobs (submitted), Waupun, WI, pro se.

James E. Doyle, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent.

Before WOOD, Jr., ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The district court dismissed Chris Jacobs's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, on the ground that it was a second or successive petition that could not be filed without prior authorization from this court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3). Before us now is Jacobs's application under § 2244(b)(3), seeking such authorization. We dismiss the application as unnecessary and instruct the district court to accept Jacobs's...

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