Legal Opinion
Kimbrough v. California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2010No. 08-17231PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Anthony C. Newland and Edward S. Alameida (State) challenge the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to the U.C. Davis School of Law, King Hall Civil Rights Clinic (King Hall), pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse the award of fees because the services performed by King Hall on behalf of Clark Allen Kimbrough (Kimbrough) did not culminate in establishing a violation of Kimbrough’s legal rights.
/. BACKGROUND
A. First Amendment Claim
Kimbrough, acting pro…
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