Section 1983 fee awards for nominal damages: The 9th Circuit has affirmed an award of $136,000 in fees in a § 1983 federal civil rights suit (excessive force) where the plaintiff recovered only nominal damages, because the plaintiff sought only nominal damages and achieved a significant public result. The panel wrote:
A plaintiff who receives a […]
Filed under 1983, Attorney fees, Public Records Act
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