Legal Opinion
Cedric Johnson v. George M. Daley, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2003No. 00-3981, 00-4115PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*583EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Section 803(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d), sets both absolute and relative limits on attorneys’ fee shifting. The district court held these limits unconstitutional because they disadvantage prisoners compared with other plaintiffs, whose recoveries under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) in constitutional-tort litigation are not subject to any statutory maximum. Johnson v. Daley, 117 F.Supp.2d 889 (W.D.Wis.2000). Every court of appeals that has considered this question has held, to the contrary, that § 1997e(d) is within Congress’…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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