Aaron Hyche v. T. Christensen

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This case, twice returned to the district court for compliance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act, must unfortunately be remanded a third time. We have decided to publish a brief explanation in order to reiterate some of the points made in Newlin v. Helman, 123 F.3d 429 (7th Cir.1997), Pate v. Stevens, 163 F.3d 437 (7th Cir.1998), and Celske v. Edwards, 164 F.3d 396 (7th Cir.1999), about appropriate procedure.

After Hyche filed a notice of appeal, the district judge set a fee schedule under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b) but inconsistently wrote that he would later review…