Legal Opinion
Montcalm Publishing v. Commonwealth of VA
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1999No. 99-6308PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents questions as to whether, and to what extent, the limits on attorney’s fees in the Prison Litigation Reform Act govern fees sought by a non-prisoner who intervenes in a case originally brought by a prisoner. We agree with the district court that the Act’s fee caps do apply to the fees requested by the interve-nor here. The district court, however, imposed these caps on all legal work performed throughout…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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