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PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Not Applicable to Pending Cases

A federal district court in Michigan, in two consolidated long running class action suits, held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(3) which limits attorney fees in civil rights cases to 150% of the amount allowed court appointed counsel under 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, cannot be retroactively applied to work performed after ...

 

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