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Alexander v. U.S., No. 97-9087 (7th Cir.) (121 F.3d 312) (August 8, 1997) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook)

In this case, the Seventh Circuit took a slightly different tack than many of the other Circuits in deciding whether a prisoner made a valid claim that the new provisions of the AEDPA requiring a certificate of appealability were impermissiblly retroactive: if the prisoner filed his first petition before the ...

 

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