Legal Opinion
Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2010No. 09-15006PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether, and to what extent, the publisher of a monthly prison news magazine may recover attorneys’ fees from the State of California and various of its officers for monitoring their compliance with a settlement agreement resolving claims about prison conditions.
I
A
Prison Legal News (“PLN”) is a nonprofit charitable organization based in Seattle, Washington. PLN publishes Prison Legal News, a monthly magazine containing news and analysis relating to the legal rights of prisoners. It also distributes prisoner-oriented books.
In September 2005, PLN…
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