Legal Opinion
Madrid v. Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1999No. Nos. 96-17277, 96-16237PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide, in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Martin v. Radix, — U.S. -, 119 S.Ct. 1998, 144 L.Ed.2d 347 (1999), whether the district court correctly applied the Prison Litigation Reform Act in awarding attorney’s fees.
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This case arose as a prisoner civil-rights class action challenging the conditions of confinement at the Pelican Bay State Prison in California. Plaintiffs-Appellees Madrid and others (“prisoners”) alleged a multitude of constitutional violations, including a pattern and practice of excessive force against them, provision of…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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