United States Ninth Circuit

Class action attorney fees were compensable under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, however, the amount set by the district court was vacated because court did not use the proper hourly rate of $75 in its calculations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/06/2002
• Decided 04/04/2002
• Published 04/04/2002

Judges

• ALARCON, Circuit Judge., Before: ALARCON, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Howard A. Belodoff, Belodoff Law Office, Boise, ID, for the plaintiffs/appellees/appellants., Cary B. Colaianni, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and Valencia J. Bilyeu, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Boise, ID, for the defendants/appellants/appellees.