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ROBBINS v. CHRONISTER

No. 02-3115.

435 F.3d 1238 (2006)

Ralph ROBBINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry CHRONISTER, in his personal and official capacity, Defendant Appellant, United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Matthew Waters, Assistant Counsel (Kenneth J. Moore and F. Charles Dunlay, Assistant Counsel, with him on the briefs), Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City Kansas Legal Department, Kansas City, KS, for the Defendant-Appellant.

Larry J. Leatherman, Palmer, Leatherman & White, Topeka, KS, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan H. Levy, Attorney (Barbara L. Herwig, Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General and Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Appellate Staff, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the Intervenor.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, SEYMOUR, EBEL, KELLY, HENRY, BRISCOE, LUCERO, MURPHY, HARTZ, O'BRIEN, McCONNELL & TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

While incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, Illinois, Ralph Robbins filed a civil lights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against police officer Larry Chronister based on an incident predating his imprisonment. The district court appointed an attorney to assist him in pursuing the claim. After a three-day bench trial the district court awarded him nominal damages of $1. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) limits...

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