Legal Opinion
Prison Legal News v. Stolle
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 8, 2015No. Civil No. 2:13cv424PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MARK S. DAVIS, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a motion seeking attorney’s fees and litigation expenses filed by Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, (“Plaintiff,” or “PLN”). Such motion is filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and is predicated on Plaintiffs success in obtaining permanent injunctive relief on its § 1983 claims through summary judgment as well as' securing a subsequent negotiated consent decree. Defendant Ken Stolle, the Sheriff of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the individually named Sheriffs. deputies…
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