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Attorney Fees for Contempt Hearing
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1994, page 5
Jail prisoners of the Natrona County jail in Wyoming initiated contempt proceedings against jail officials for not having complied with the terms of a consent decree entered into between prisoners and jail officials over jail conditions. The district court concluded that the county jail officials were indeed in contempt and ...
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Costs,
Contempt (Civil Procedure),
Consent Decrees.
Location:
Wyoming.
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