U.S. District Court: LIMITATIONS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.Johnson v. Daley. 117 F.Supp.2d 889 (W.D.Wis. 2000). An inmate who had prevailed in a civil rights action against a prison official moved for award of attorney fees and costs, challenging the constitutionality of the fee limits imposed by 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 district court awarded $80,000 for attorney fees, ruling that the PLRA'S limits on attorney fees violated equal protection. According to the court, governmental interests in reducing trivial lawsuits did not justify the disparity of treatment of prisoners and nonprisoners arising from the PLRA fee limits. A federal jury had found the official liable for the delay in the inmates receipt of a liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant , and awarded the inmate $10,000 in compensatory damages A sum of money awarded in a civil action by a court to indemnify a person for the particular loss, detriment, or injury suffered as a result of the unlawful conduct of another. and $30,000 in punitive damages. (Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Wisconsin) |
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