Legal Opinion
De Jesus Nazario v. Morris Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 30, 2009No. 07-2265PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we review a denial of an award of attorney’s fees and costs under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976 (Fees Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The district court apparently concluded that a jury award of punitive damages unaccompanied by actual or nominal damages in favor of plaintiff-appellant Migdalia De Jesus Nazario (De Jesus Nazario) was insufficient to confer on her the requisite prevailing party status under the Fees Act, and consequently, it declined to award any fees. Because we conclude that, in the circumstances of this ease, the court’s…
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