Is a plaintiff entitled to costs and attorney fees under the CPRA?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Saint-Fleur v. Cnty. of Fresno, F075060 (Cal. App. 2019):

The CPRA provides for an award of costs and attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff. Specifically, section 6259, subdivision (d), states: "The court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the requester should the requester prevail in litigation filed pursuant to this section."⁴ ( 6259, subd. (d).) An award of costs and attorney fees pursuant to this provision is mandatory if the plaintiff prevails. (Filarsky v. Superior Court, supra, 28 Cal.4th 419, 427.)

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