Legal Opinion
Hadix v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 4, 2000No. Nos. 96-2567, 96-2568, 96-2586, 96-2588PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J., joined by Suhrheinrich, J.,
NATHANIEL R. JONES, J. (pp. 847-48), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
We are presented with the issue of whether the attorney fee cap set forth in § 803(d)(3) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act violates plaintiffs’ constitutional rights under the implied Equal Protection Provision of the Fifth Amendment. Plaintiffs seek attorney fees for post-judgment compliance monitoring and argue that by capping the fees they may recover, § 803(d)(3) deprives them of the equal protection guaranteed by the Constitution. The district court concluded that § 803(d)(3) does…
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