JOHNSON v. DALEY

No. 98-C-0518-C.

117 F.Supp.2d 889 (2000)

Cedric JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. George M. DALEY, M.D., Defendant, and United States of America, Intervenor.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

October 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Harth, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, for Cedric Johnson.

Robert M. Hunter, Assist. Atty. General, Madison, WI, for George M. Daley, M.D.

Leslie Herje, Assist. U.S. Atty., Madison, WI, John Schumann, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.


OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

Plaintiff Cedric Johnson has challenged the constitutionality of the Prison Litigation Reform Act's limit on the amount of fees paid to prisoners' counsel but not to non-prisoners' counsel in successful civil rights cases. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(2)(3). Plaintiff is an inmate at Fox Lake Correctional Institution in Fox Lake, Wisconsin. He brought suit against defendant George M. Daley pursuant to 42 U...

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