U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act.

• Position: Brief Article

Wolff v. Moore 104 F.Supp.2d 892 (S.D. Ohio 2000). A prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against current and former corrections officers alleging that they used excessive force against him. The district court entered a verdict in favor of the prisoner and the prisoner sought attorney fees. The district court held that the attorney fee cap provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) violated the equal protection rights of the prisoner, when compared with successful nonprisoner civil rights litigants who were not subjected to a cap, and that the fee restriction was not rationally related to the PLRA...