United States Second Circuit

The 150% fee cap contained within the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(d)(2), does not apply to the "so-ordered" stipulation of dismissal entered by the District Court dismissing a prisoner's section 1983 action against two New York State corrections officers.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2004
• Published 01/23/2004

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge., Before:  MINER, CALABRESI and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Martin A. Geer, William S. BoydSchool of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (Jennifer Sandoval, Law Student, William S. BoydSchool of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant., Jonathan H. Levy, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Barbara L. Herwig, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, on the brief), for Intervenor United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• Victor Paladino, Assistant Solicitor General of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y. (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General of the State of New York, Daniel Smirlock, Deputy Solicitor General, Nancy A. Spiegel, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.