HAYGOOD v. YOUNGER

No. 81-4686.

769 F.2d 1350 (1985)

Frank HAYGOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Evelle J. YOUNGER, et al., Defendants, and Harold Cranke and Benjamin Seymour, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Jacobson, Santa Cruz, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

William George Prahl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, and GOODWIN, HUG, TANG, SKOPIL, SCHROEDER, FARRIS, ALARCON, FERGUSON, CANBY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


Argued En Banc and Submitted July 11, 1984.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Two prison officials appeal a judgment for $2,090 in damages and $45,383 in attorneys' fees in Frank Haygood's § 1983 action for damages for prolonging his state prison detention by using an incorrect method to compute his release date. Haygood v. Younger, 527 F.Supp. 808 (E.D.Cal.1981). Our panel decision reversed that judgment. Haygood...

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