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BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2008, page 31
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Equal Access to Justice Act,
Mail Regulations,
Media,
Prisoner Media.
Location:
Colorado.
BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation
On December 17, 2007, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $90,000 in attorney’s fees and expenses after losing a suit over the constitutionality of its byline regulation.
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