Legal Opinion
Earnest Woods, Ii v. Santos Cervantes
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2013No. 09-16113PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
In civil rights cases, our normal rule provides for an award of appellate attorney’s fees to a prevailing party who successfully defends a verdict won in the district court. Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678, 693-98, 98 S.Ct. 2565, 57 L.Ed.2d 522 (1978); Corder v. Gates, 104 F.3d 247, 249 (9th Cir.1996). The plaintiff-appellee in this case, Earnest Cassell Woods II, quali*1179fies as a prevailing party who would ordinarily be entitled to an award of attorney’s fees from a defendant who unsuccessfully appealed such- a verdict. Because Woods is a prisoner, however, his award is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Earnest Woods, II v. Tom CareyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- Hughes Aircraft Co. v. JacobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Julie Chalmers v. City of Los Angeles, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Harris v. MarhoeferCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Cion Peralta v. T. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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