Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Zavaras
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 1, 1998No. CIV. A. 94-N-270PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NOTTINGHAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff Frank D. Rodriguez seeks an award of attorneys’ fees and costs as the prevailing party in a civil-rights action. He bases his request upon 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 (West 1994). The matter is before the court on (1) “Plaintiffs Motion for Attorneys Fees and Costs,” and (2) “Plaintiffs Supplemental Motion for Attorneys Fees and Costs.” The primary issue presented, on which there is no controlling precedent from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, is whether the fee-limiting provisions of the Prison Litigation…
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