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Proof of Actual Rights Violation Required for Attorney Fee Award
Loaded on June 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 13
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of a California Federal District Court, has held that a prisoner cannot be awarded attorney fees for winning a temporary restraining order (TRO) if the prisoner did not subsequently prove "an actual violation" of his civil rights.
Filed under:
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Injunctions (PLRA),
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Sentencing,
Pardons/Clemency,
Death Penalty.
Location:
California.
Jaturun Siripongs, a ...
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