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Attorney Awarded $1.50 in Fees in Nominal Damages Case
The First Circuit court of appeals has reduced an attorney fees award from $3,892.50 to $1.50; the fees were awarded to an attorney who helped a pretrial detainee win an award of nominal damages in an excessive force case. The court reasoned that the PLRA attorney fees cap, 42 U.S.C. ...
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