Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)

Citation: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Parent Document: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2018-05-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4502306/heriberto-rodriguez-v-county-of... ↗

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provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act do not apply
to attorney’s fees incurred in litigation under California Civil
Code § 52.1. Finally, the panel found no fault in the district
court’s decision to apply a 2.0 multiplier, given the financial
risk assumed by appellees’ counsel, the difficulty of
representing prisoners in an excessive force action against
high-ranking jail officials who engage in aggressive
opposition, and the opportunity costs that the years-long
litigation in this case required. The panel noted that the
district court had considered the burden to California’s
taxpayers that the fee award would represent, and found that
the award was justified given the factors described above and
the importance of civil rights suits in protecting the public
against abuses at the hands of large or politically powerful
defendants.
8                   RODRIGUEZ V. CRUZ COUNSEL

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