John Furtado v. Harold Bishop

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1980-12-11

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COFFIN, Chief Judge. This is the second time that this suit for the award of attorneys’ fees in a civil rights action has been before us. In our first review, we affirmed a jury award against prison officials stemming from their use of excessive force, false reporting, and suppression of communication against prisoners. F…

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