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Private Settlement Agreement Prohibits Award of Attorney Fees and Costs
Private Settlement Agreement Prohibits Award
of Attorney Fees and Costs
by David M. Reutter
In a case of great importance to lawyers litigating prisoner actions where private settlement agreements are a consideration, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a $379,000 award for attorney fees and costs granted after ...
of Attorney Fees and Costs
by David M. Reutter
In a case of great importance to lawyers litigating prisoner actions where private settlement agreements are a consideration, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a $379,000 award for attorney fees and costs granted after ...
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More from this issue:
- Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic, by John E Dannenberg
- BOP Doctor Indicted, Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault, by Bob Williams
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- $50,000 HCV Settlement and New Treatment Protocol Approved in Colorado, by Bob Williams
- Colorado Slammed by West Nile Virus But Ignores Prisoners, by Bob Williams
- Denial of Grievance Forms Excuses Failure to Exhaust
- Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company, by David Reutter
- Excessive Heat Still Plagues Baltimore Women Detainees, by Bob Williams
- Another Troubled North Carolina Jail, by Michael Rigby
- Third-Party Beneficiaries Can Enforce Terms of Settlement, by Bob Williams
- Virginia Legislature Awards Wrongfully Convicted Man $1.5 Million
- $13,500 Damages Paid to Two Illegally Detained Washington DOC Prisoners
- Mandamus Available to Review Oregon Disciplinary Orders
- PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applied to Non-Prison Case
- Missed HIV Medication Did Not Create a Serious Medical Need
- Washington Medical Claim Reinstated
- California Rules Violation for "Repeated Pattern" Must Involve Same Offense
- Private Settlement Agreement Prohibits Award of Attorney Fees and Costs, by David Reutter
- County Public Defender Liable for Wrongful Conviction
- Physical Injury Rule Doesn't Bar Strip Search Suit
- Local Rule Cannot Justify Summary Judgment When Factual Dispute Exists, by David Reutter
- Beating Judgment for Jail Affirmed on Appeal; Costs Issue Remanded
- PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner
- New Jersey Prisoners May Confront Accusers in Disciplinary Hearings, by Michael Rigby
- New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds $1.6 Million Harassment Verdict
- Two Level Review Required for Publication Rejection, but Qualified Immunity Granted
- BOP Rule Denying Early Release Eligibility Violates APA
- Certification for Interlocutory Appeal Order Discussed in California Prison Labor Suit
- Discipline Without Notice Violates Due Process; BOP Administrative Exhaustion May Be Excused
- No Ex Post Facto Violation in Forcing Washington Prisoner to Take Stress and Anger Classes
- New Trial Ordered in Washington Strip Cell Conditions Suit
- Pretrial Detainee Has Limited Right to Litigate Civil Matters
- Applicability of FTCA to BOP Causes Circuit Split, by David Reutter
- $15 Million Award for Wrongful Conviction Upheld
- Absence of AEDPA in Texas Law Library May Toll Limitations
- NYPD Commissioner Charged With Stealing $112,733.98 from Jail Prisoner Fund
- Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to Be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed
- Kansas Grievance Procedures Inapplicable in Negligence Action
- Illinois County Necessary Party in Suit Against Elected Official
- Confinement for Willful Failure to Pay LFOs Upheld
- No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witnesses, and Other Tyrannies of Our Times, by Robert Woodman
- Texas Monitors Prisoners for-Signs of Al-Qaeda Recruitment
- Virginia Prison Vendors Lose Contracts to Out-of-State Supplier, by Gary Hunter
- BOP Medical Detainees Not Subject to PLRA
- Jailhouse Snitch Enlisted in War on Terrorism Behind Bars, by Bob Williams
- Innocent Ohio Man Paid $750,000 for 10 Years Imprisonment
- Tennessee Officials Pay $450,000 to Settle Lawsuit in Detainee's Murder by Guards, by David Reutter
- Texas Probation Officer Charged With Having Juvenile Probationer's Baby, by Gary Hunter
- $252,000 Awarded in Kansas Prisoner's Suicide
- Ohio Native American Prisoner Granted Injunction to Grow Long Hair, by David Reutter
- Dismissal of Prisoner's Divorce Petition Is Abuse of Discretion
- DOJ Investigation: Conditions in Arkansas Prisons Unconstitutional, by Michael Rigby
- Washington Prisoners Get Credit for Time Spent at Liberty
- Tennessee Supreme Court Holds No Procedural Protection Needed for $5 Fine
- California's New Governor Must Reconsider Former Governor's Parole Reversal, by John E Dannenberg
- Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review, by Sam Rutherford
- Indiana Appeals Court Allows Prisoner to Sue to Receive Pornography
- News in Brief
- Minnesota Pay-To-Stay Programs Don't Deliver
More from David Reutter:
- Ohio Supreme Court Announces Self-Defense Jury Instruction Does Not Require Intent to Harm or Kill Assailant, Oct. 1, 2024
- Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery, Sept. 15, 2024
- Competency Evaluation Ordered for Condemned Utah Prisoner, Sept. 15, 2024
- Missouri Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Proceeds Against Guards After Court Excuses Missed Deadlines Under “Unavailable” Grievance Procedure, Sept. 15, 2024
- $1.1 Million Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Stabbed by Gang Members For Testifying About Prison Murder, Sept. 15, 2024
- Second Circuit: New York Prisoner’s Prior Cases Not PLRA Strikes, Sept. 15, 2024
- $700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Death After Court Refuses to Extend Bivens, Sept. 15, 2024
- Watchdog Faults BOP for Averaging 43 Prisoner Deaths a Year—More Than 23 by Suicide, Sept. 15, 2024
- Mom of Murdered California Prisoner Defeats Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Guard Who Posted Pics of Corpse Online, Sept. 15, 2024
- Tenth Circuit Affirms Former Oklahoma Jail Captain’s 46-Month Sentence For Brutalizing Detainees, Sept. 15, 2024
More from these topics:
- NaphCare Settles One Suit At Oregon Jail, Loses Motion to Dismiss Second, Sept. 15, 2024. Naphcare, Settlements, Motion To Dismiss.
- $1.1 Million Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Stabbed by Gang Members For Testifying About Prison Murder, Sept. 15, 2024. Prison Gangs, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
- $700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Death After Court Refuses to Extend Bivens, Sept. 15, 2024. Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions.
- $60,000 Settlement for Kansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, $578,000 for His Attorneys, Sept. 15, 2024. Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
- $3.4 Million Settlement for Nevada Prisoner After ‘Wait and See’ Medical Care Became ‘Deny and Delay’, Sept. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Settlements.
- $2,000 Statutory Award Boosts Ohio Prisoner’s Total Over $9,000 for Denied Public Records, Sept. 15, 2024. Settlements, Public Records.
- Woman Left Handcuffed in Parked Cop Car Struck by Train Settles Suit for $8.5 Million, Sept. 1, 2024. Police Misconduct, Restraints, Settlements, Physical Injury/Restraint, Deliberate Indifference.
- Arizona DOC Agrees to Pay $2,650,000 in Legal Fees and Costs in Long-Running PLN Censorship Suit, Aug. 15, 2024. Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship.
- $275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection, Aug. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Arizona Agrees to $40,000 Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Suicide, Aug. 15, 2024. Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides.