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$78,000 Damages and Fees Awarded in KS Kosher Diet Suit
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2000, page 22
A federal district court in Kansas awarded a prisoner $30,622 in attorneys' fees and $1,200 in costs and expenses. The court held, however, that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), required the court to apply 25 percent of plaintiff's damages award to the fees.
Filed under:
PLRA,
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Damages,
Costs,
Qualified Immunity,
Religious Diet.
Location:
Kansas.
Jimmy Searles, a Jewish prisoner sued …
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