BEYER v. LITSCHER

No. 01-1583.

306 F.3d 504 (2002)

Bernard L. BEYER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jon E. LITSCHER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Brookstein (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Warren D. Weinstein (argued), Office of Atty. General, Wisc. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A series of missteps has derailed this litigation.

Bernard Beyer is in prison on two unrelated convictions. The district court concluded that it is imperative to challenge both in a single federal collateral attack, and when Beyer failed to amend his petition challenging the first conviction to add an attack on the second, the court dismissed his separate challenge as "second or successive" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. §...

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