Legal Opinion
Peniman v. Cartwright
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided November 18, 1982No. Civ. 80-77-APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STUART, Chief Judge.
The Court has before it a claim for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 filed October 15,1982, by Tony Williams, a prisoner at the Iowa State Penitentiary. Williams has no formal legal training but frequently assists other inmates in presenting pro se claims before this Court. One of the inmates Williams has assisted is Sammy Peniman, the plaintiff in the above-captioned civil rights case, who recently prevailed on some of his claims against the defendants and won a judgment of $325. Williams claims that he spent 50 hours on Peniman’s case and is entitled to $10…
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