U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act PARTIAL SUCCESS DETERMINATION.Montcalm Pub. Corp. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 199 F.3d 168 (4th Cir. 1999). A publisher who was granted leave to intervene intervene v. to obtain the court's permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit. in a suit challenging prison regulations that prevented access to sexually explicit magazines moved to recover attorney fees. The district court granted the fee award, subject to the fee limitations of the 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 (PLRA PLRA Partido Liberal Radical Autentico (Paraguay) PLRA Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ). The publisher appealed and the appeals court affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. in part and reversed and remanded in part. The appeals court held that limits on attorney fees in PLRA govern the fees sought by a non-prisoner who intervenes in a case originally brought by a prisoner. The appeals court also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in reducing the fee award to reflect lack of success and other factors. (Keen Mountain Correctional Center, Virginia) |
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