fee-enhancement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily prescribes