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PLRA Attorney Fees Cap Violates Equal Protection Clause

Loaded on March 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News March, 2000, page 23
Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Damages. Location: Michigan.
by Matthew T. Clarke


A federal district court in Michigan has held that the attorney fees cap in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d), violates the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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