Christina A. Ex Rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg.

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CONSENT DECREE A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit.

A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order.

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PLRA Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- Prison Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act

Christina A. Ex Rel. Jennifer A. v. Bloomberg, 315 F.3d 990 (8th Cir. 2003). A class of juvenile inmates sued the secretary of a state corrections department and the superintendent of a state training school, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations and violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, , biased or otherwise objectionable. (IDEA). The parties settled the action and the inmates moved for the award of attorney's fees and expenses. The district court granted fees and expenses and the defendants' appealed. The appeals court reversed, finding that the state training school qualified as a correctional facility under the fee-limiting provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and that the class of juvenile inmates was not a "prevailing party" because the agreement approved by the district court did not provide for any contempt remedies. (State Training School at Plankinton, South Dakota Plankinton is a city in Aurora County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 601 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Aurora County^GR6. )

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Title Annotation:	ATTORNEY FEES
Publication:	Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U4SD
Date:	May 1, 2003
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