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WOODS v. CAREY

No. 09-16113.

722 F.3d 1177 (2013)

Earnest Cassell WOODS, II, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tom L. CAREY, Warden; T. Dickenson, Defendants, and Santos Cervantes, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Renz , Montana Defender Project, University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jennifer Marquez , Longyear, O'Dea & Lavra, LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, JOHN T. NOONAN, and MARY H. MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

In civil rights cases, our normal rule provides for an award of appellate attorney's fees to a prevailing party who successfully defends a verdict won in the district court. Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678, 693-98, 98 S.Ct. 2565, 57 L.Ed.2d 522 (1978); Corder v. Gates, 104 F.3d 247, 249 (9th Cir.1996). The plaintiff-appellee in this case, Earnest Cassell Woods II...

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