Legal Opinion
Torres v. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 23, 2004No. Docket No. 03-102PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(2), caps awards of attorneys’ fees in prisoner civil rights actions that result in a “monetary judgment.” In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether this statutory cap on attorneys’ fees applies to a “so-ordered” stipulation entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Mordue, J.), dismissing a prisoner’s § 1983 action against two New York State corrections officers. The stipulation was entered pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a) and memorialized a private settlement…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Turner Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Cynthia R. Geller v. Branic International Realty Corp. And Hank S. FreidCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. v. BelandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- Elliott Levine v. Craig ApkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Peterson v. ReginaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Maniolos v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Torres v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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