Legal Opinion
Harold F. Hains III v. Odie Washington
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 1997No. 96-4122PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Per curiam
This case involves a challenge to the “limited consent” procedure used in the Northern District of Illinois that permits a magistrate judge to screen prisoner complaints under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, a new provision enacted as part of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and to rule on motions to proceed in forma pau-peris.
Until early last year, district judges in the Northern District of Illinois routinely referred prisoner civil rights cases to magistrate judges for a recommendation on whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, the in forma pauper-is statute. As part…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- David Newlin v. David W. Helman, Jesse E. Robinson v. B. Smith, James C. Griffin v. William R. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Eason v. HoltCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Russell E. Carney v. Robert Houston Harold Clark Linda Lenard Wilber Newell Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Terrance Flynn v. Marion ThatcherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
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