United States Ninth Circuit

Award of attorneys' fees to a class of disabled prisoners and parolees is affirmed as 1) work performed in a separate case before the U.S. Supreme Court was reasonably necessary, 2) the Prison Litigation Reform Act cap on fees does not apply to fees awarded under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2003
• Published 02/10/2003

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, TASHIMA and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jessica N. Blonien and G. Michael German, Deputy Attorneys General of the State of California, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Andrea G. Asaro and Michael Bien, Rosen, Bien & Asaro, LLP, for the plaintiffs-appellees.