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Sixth Circuit Upholds PLRA Attorneys' Fees Cap
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2001, page 30
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the cap on attorneys' fees imposed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(3), does not violate the equal protection provision of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Attorney Fees (PLRA).
Location:
Michigan.
This case, which has been extensively reported in PLN ...
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