United States Eighth Circuit

Attorneys fees award in a civil rights action by a class of prisoners, for work that culminated in a private settlement agreement dismissing the case, is affirmed where class counsel's work is compensable under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2002
• Published 09/11/2002

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Moore, argued, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth Alexander, argued, Washington, DC (Tom Clayton, on the brief), for appellee.