United States Fifth Circuit

Attorneys' fees for work on the dispute involving attorneys' fees are directly and reasonably incurred in proving an actual violation of the plaintiff's rights and therefore recoverable under 42 USC 1997e(d), but also subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act's cap of 150 percent of the damages awarded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2001
• Published 09/06/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Glen D. Mangum, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Anthony Alan Yang, John C. Hoyle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert B. Maddox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.