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Garnishment Proceeding Part of Underlying § 1983 Action
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1998, page 25
The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that proceedings to garnish the wages of civil rights defendants against whom judgment has been entered are part of the underlying civil rights actions and district courts retain jurisdiction to enforce the judgment.
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Judiciary,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Recusal,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Illinois.
While not a prison case this ruling will ...
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