Legal Opinion
Kenneth Owens-El and Inmates and Future Residents of Allegheny County Jail v. Warden William Robinson and James Jennings Appeal of Kenneth Owens-El
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 9, 1982No. 80-2637PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the district court’s refusal to award a pro se litigant, who is not a lawyer, attorney’s fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. IV), where an attorney already represented a class in which the litigant was eligible to be a member. We conclude that the district court properly refused to make such an award and affirm.
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In 1976 Neighborhood Legal Services filed a class action on behalf of all inmates in the Allegheny County jail for a declaratory judgment holding that…
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