United States Seventh Circuit

Habeas petition is not a second or successive petition that could not be filed without prior authorization from the court under 28 USC 2244(b)(3) where the first petition was filed pretrial and not while petitioner was "in custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court."

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2001
• Published 05/09/2001

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before WOOD, Jr., ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Chris J. Jacobs (submitted), Waupun, WI, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Doyle, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent.