Legal Opinion
Boudin v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 17, 1984No. Nos. 467, 468, Dockets 83-2170, 83-2174PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Duffy, J., granting appellee Kathie Boudin attorney’s fees of $37,740 under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (1982). The fees were based on earlier litigation over the conditions of Boudin’s confinement at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), a federal correctional institution in New York City. Boudin cross-appealed from the district court’s failure to consider her motion for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (Supp. IV…
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