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BALLA v. IDAHO

No. 10-35413.

677 F.3d 910 (2012)

Walter D. BALLA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State of IDAHO; Idaho State Board of Correction, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Kubinski , Deputy Attorney General, Boise, ID, for the appellants.

Jason E. Prince , Stoel Rives LLP, Boise, ID, for the appellee.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

We address an attorneys' fees award in a class action under the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

Facts

This is a class action, more than a quarter century old, by Idaho state prisoners at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI). The district court initially "was not successful in obtaining attorney representation"1 for the prisoners, so they litigated pro...

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