United States Sixth Circuit

The maximum allowable attorney fees, under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, should be based on the amount authorized by the Judicial Conference, not the amount actually paid to court-appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2005
• Published 02/25/2005

Judges

• Before:  KRUPANSKY,RYAN, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Elizabeth R. Alexander, National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Leo H. Friedman, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Elizabeth R. Alexander, National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., Patricia A. Streeter, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael J. Barnhart, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Leo H. Friedman, A. Peter Govorchin, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.