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$28,719 Assessed Against Pro Se Litigant
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1998, page 25
Afederal district court in Virginia assessed $28,719.25 in defendants' attorney fees against an unsuccessful pro se prisoner litigant but declined to impose Rule 11 sanctions. John McGlothlin, a Virginia state prisoner, filed suit claiming violation of his right to the free exercise of his religion by prison officials. The lawsuit ...
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