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PLRA Applied to Attorney Fees

Loaded on April 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News April, 1997, page 9
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA). Location: Michigan.
A federal district court in Michigan held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) required that attorneys representing prisoners be paid a maximum of $112.50 an hour. Hadix v. Johnson is the long running Michigan class action suit. After prevailing in the district court in a challenge to a portion ...

 

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