William A. Evans v. Illinois Department of Corrections, Aaron B. Scruggs v. Edward Cohn

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

if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United…