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HERNANDEZ v. KALINOWSKI

No. 97-1734.

146 F.3d 196 (1998)

Sergio HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. KALINOWSKI, Sgt.; Clemson, C.O.; Novotney, Capt.; John Doe, C.O., I; John Doe, C.O., II.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky (Argued) and Angus Love, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

John G. Knorr, III (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, Randall J. Henzes, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.

Before: SCIRICA, COWEN and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether under the Prison Litigation Reform Act an attorney who has successfully represented a prisoner in a civil rights action is entitled to attorney fees for time spent on the fee petition. This opinion appears to be the first in the United States Courts of Appeal to address this important question which arises under the Prison...

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