Legal Opinion
Jones v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1994No. 93-3859PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Floyd McHan appeals the district court’s award of attorney’s fees of $25,000 in this prisoner civil rights action. We affirm the district court’s award of fees, but remand to the district court to reduce the award to $10,000.
Larry Jones filed this action against A.L. Lockhart, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Willis Sargent, the Warden of Cummins Unit, David Hoffman, the Assistant Warden of Cummins Unit, and Floyd A. McHan, the Field Major. He alleged deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, excessive force, and failure to supervise. The…
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