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PARKER v. CONWAY

Nos. 08-2764, 08-2900.

581 F.3d 198 (2009)

Glenndol Frank PARKER, Appellant v. Co CONWAY Glenndol Frank Parker v. Co Conway Joseph Conway, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed September 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Bilus, Stephen D. Brown, Joshua G. Schiller, Kenneth L. Topping, Dechert, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Kevin R. Bradford, Claudia M. Tesoro, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, John G. Knorr III, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: FISHER, CHAGARES, and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

The Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, imposes quantitative limits on the amount of attorney's fees a court may award a plaintiff who prevails in a civil rights action that he filed while incarcerated. See § 1997e(d)(2)-(3) ("PLRA fee caps" or "fee caps"). The PLRA does not, however, impose similar limits on the amount of attorney's fees a court may award such a plaintiff...

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