Webb v. Ada County.

• Position: ATTORNEY FEES - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act

Webb v. Ada County, 285 F.3d 829 (9th Cir. 2002). A plaintiff who had prevailed on several issues in a [section] 1983 class action challenging jail conditions appealed after he was awarded only a percentage of requested postjudgment attorney fees. The appeals court affirmed in part and remanded in part, and the district court again awarded only a percentage of the fees requested. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded. The appeals court held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) attorney rate cap applied to all postjudgment fees incurred after its effective date...