Legal Opinion
Frank Gonzalez v. William E. Kangas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1987No. 85-2012PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, a pro se prisoner, seeks an award of attorney fees in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against appellees, prison officials. Although appellant is not an attorney, he seeks an award of attorney fees for his time spent litigating his pro se civil rights action, in which he claimed, inter alia, denial of access to the prison law library. On appeal, he was successful in obtaining a reversal of the summary judgment granted against him in the lower court on his library access claim. The sole issue is whether a nonattorney appellant, when successful, is entitled to an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Redding v. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Brandenburger v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Davis v. ParrattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Cofield v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Rev. Frank D. Lovell v. Linwood Snow, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Kay v. EhrlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Friedman v. ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Bond v. BlumCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- Kenneth Andrew Friedman v. State of Arizona Samuel Lewis, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections, (Two Cases) Arnold Naftel v. State of Arizona Samuel Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Richard B. Kay v. Bremer Ehrler, and the Kentucky Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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