What constitutes a proportionately related attorney fee award where a prisoner obtains nothing but monetary relief in an action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Woods v. Carey, 722 F.3d 1177 (9th Cir. 2013):
Paragraph (d)(2) then defines exactly what constitutes a proportionately related attorney-fee award where a prisoner obtains nothing but monetary relief in an action. Specifically, it provides that in any action described in paragraph [d](1) where the relief ordered for the violation of the prisoner's civil rights is monetary, a prisoner's attorney-fee award may not exceed 150% of that monetary relief. See also Dannenberg v. Valadez, 338 F.3d 1070, 107475 (9th Cir.2003).
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