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PLRA Fee Cap Upheld, Applied to Parole Case; Allows Fees-on-Fee Award
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2004, page 32
The Eleventh Circuit Court held the attorney fee cap of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applies to parole cases and is constitutional and allows a fees-on-fees award. Georgia prisoner Coleman Jackson filed a joint motion for habeas corpus and complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jackson alleged the Georgia ...
Filed under:
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Injunctions (PLRA),
Sentencing,
Ex Post Facto,
Parole.
Location:
Georgia.
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