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Article • April 15, 2011
Reduction of Attorney Fees Affirmed in 2nd Circuit by In a case decided on February 16, 2010, the 2nd Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to award less than the requested attorney fees in a class action suit filed against Schenectady County, New York. Attorneys in the suit include Elmer …
Article • April 15, 2011
9th Circuit Affirms Reduction in CJA Attorney Fees by On November 10, 2009, the 9th Circuit filed its decision approving a district judges ruling reducing the requested compensation to be paid to an attorney appointed to provide legal representation for an indigent felon pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA), …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Settlement Nets Former Warden $62,000 for Legal Expenditures by On July 11, 2005, the District of Columbia paid $62,000 to settle with David Roach—a former warden at the Maximum Security Facility in Lorton, Virginia—who sued the District seeking reimbursement for legal fees. In 1995, while Roach was warden at …
Caputo v. Kluntz, CT, Ruling on Plaintiff's Motion, Attorney Fees, 2011 Case 3:09-cv-00002-DJS Document 70 Filed 02/15/11 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CORY CAPUTO, Plaintiff v. TIMOTHY KLUNTZ, ET AL., Defendants : : : : : : : : : No. 3:09CV00002(DJS) RULING ON …
Brief • February 1, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Jochimsen v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Application to file Amicus Brief, attorney fees, 2011
Brief • January 12, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Rezaq v. Nalley, CO, Order No Defendant Attny Fees, Solitary Confinement, 2011 Case 1:07-cv-02483-LTB -KLM Document 172 Filed 01/12/11 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Case No. 07-cv-02483-LTB-KLM OMAR REZAQ, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL NALLEY, RON WILEY, MICHAEL MUKASEY, …
Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an immigration detainee’s $642,398.57 attorney fee award, finding that “the District Court’s degree of success inquiry under § 1988 was based on an impermissible reconstruction of the jury verdict.” …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Successful Appellate Ruling Invalidating Statute Creates Prevailing Party for Attorney Fee Award by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Washington State Supreme Court has held that a litigant who successfully gets an appellate court to vacate a prison disciplinary infraction and declare a statute unconstitutional is a prevailing party …
Brandon v. Smith, IL, Pltff Response to Petition for Attorney Fees (2010) 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 217 Page 1 of 10 E-FILED Monday, 27 September, 2010 04:49:33 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION LAZINNIAL BRANDON, Administrator ) of …
New York City Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.3 Million in Deliberate Indifference to Assault Claim by A New York federal jury awarded $1 million to Steve Tatum for severe injuries he sustained as a pre-trial detainee when he was assaulted by other prisoners at the Rikers Island jail. The district court …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Government May Offset Attorney Fees to Collect Litigant’s Debt by On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “fees and other expenses” awarded to a prevailing party are “payable to the litigant and ... therefore subject to a Government offset to satisfy a pre-existing …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants PLAINTIFFS STEPHEN DOHERTY’S MOTION TO ESTABLISH ENTITELMENT TO …
Brief • September 1, 2010
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Reply re Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Controversy Over Texas Attorneys Charging Questionable Fees in Wrongful Conviction Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 17, 2009, Steven Charles Phillips, a former Texas prisoner who spent 24 years in prison on a rape charge before being exonerated in 2008, filed suit in Dallas County district court …
Brief • 2010
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Chinn v. Blankenship, WA, Declaration of Lawrence A. Hildes in Support of Plaintiff's App., Reasonable Attorney's Fees, 2010 1 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 PHILIP CHINN, No. C09-5119-RJB 9 10 11 Plaintiff, v. BENJAMIN BLANKENSHIP, …
Publication • 2010
Baylor Law Review-Rouse Final-Battling for Atty's Fees-August 2010 ROUSE.FINAL 8/4/2010 10:26 AM BATTLING FOR ATTORNEYS‘ FEES: THE SUBTLE INFLUENCE OF ―CONSERVATISM‖ IN 42 U.S.C. § 1988 Layne Rouse* I. II. III. IV. V. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................973 THE BACKGROUND OF 42 U.S.C. § 1988 ................................975 A. The History and Analysis of § …
Virginia Jail Prisoner Awarded $7,500 after Being Beaten By Guards by On September 3, 2009, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams entered judgment in favor of a Virginia prisoner who was beaten by guards. In all, the prisoner was awarded $7,500. On September 20, 2005, there was a disturbance at …
CA Prisoner Erroneously Validated as Prison Gang Member; Clears His Name, Has Records Expunged, $1.04 Million in Fees Awarded by Michael Brodheim On September 30, 2009, more than 16 years after being incorrectly “validated” as an associate of a violent California prison gang, and after having spent eight years in …
Missouri Jail Prisoner Awarded $5,000 in Failure to Protect Case by On September 3, 2009, a federal jury returned a $5,000 verdict in favor of a prisoner who alleged that staff failed to protect him from attack. While incarcerated at the St. Louis City Justice Center, Harold Dykes was attacked …
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