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Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA
Loaded on April 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2009, page 42
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Excessive Force,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Restraints,
Damages,
Excessive Force (Police).
Location:
Missouri.
Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, following the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), limited the attorney fees awarded in a prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit to 150% of the ...
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