Legal Opinion
Richard E. Maul v. Dr. Evan Constan, Anthony A. Metzcus and Richard Gore
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 1994No. 93-2266PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants are officials of Indiana’s West-ville Correctional Center. They appeal from the district court’s denial of their Rule 60(b)(5) motion for relief from that court’s earlier award to plaintiff of $18,542.93 attorney’s fees. We reverse.
Background
Plaintiff Richard E. Maul is an inmate at Westville and filed this civil rights suit in 1985 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the forced administration of psychotropic medication violated his constitutional rights and requesting $100,000 in damages and an injunction. In September 1989 the district court held that…
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