Pitts v. Vaughn

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Courtland C. Pitts, who is not an attorney, appeared pro se in his successful civil rights suit for damages and injunctive relief. He now appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. IV). We hold that a non-lawyer, pro se litigant is not entitled to attorney’s fees under § 1988, and we affirm the district court’s denial of this motion.

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Courtland Pitts, an inmate at the Delaware Correctional Center, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976 & Supp. IV) in the…