Legal Opinion
Alnutt v. Cleary
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 24, 1998No. 90-CV-804LPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Jeffrey Alnutt, commenced this action pro se in 1990, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that several corrections officers violated his civil rights after he was elected as an Inmate Grievance Resolution Committee (“IGRC”) representative at Wende Correctional Facility. In 1993, the Court appointed Margaret Somerset of Harris, Beach and Wilcox to represent the plaintiff pro bono. The case went to trial in July 1998, and plaintiff was the prevailing party. Plaintiff now moves for an award of attorney’s fees and costs, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Grant v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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