J.B. Pease v. Ken Klinger Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma

J.B. Pease appeals from the district court’s September 26, 1996 order adopting the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation and dismissing his third 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. The magistrate judge recommended dismissal based on the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), finding that Mr. Pease failed to obtain prior authorization from this court before filing his third petition in the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); Hatch v. State of Okl., 92 F.3d 1012, 1013 (10th Cir.1996). Mr. Pease then filed a notice of appeal rather than an…