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MURPHY v. SMITH

No. 16-1067.

138 S.Ct. 784 (2018)

583 U.S. 220

Charles MURPHY, Petitioner v. Robert SMITH, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Banner, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Brett E. Legner, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.

Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Daniel B. Levin, Mark R. Yohalem, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Fabian J. Rosati, Chicago, IL, Stuart Banner, UCLA School of Law, Supreme Court Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, David L. Franklin, Solicitor General, Brett E. Legner, Deputy Solicitor General, Mary Ellen Margaret Welsh, Kaitlyn N. Chenevert, Sarah A. Hunger, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.

This is a case about how much prevailing prisoners must pay their lawyers. When a prisoner wins a civil rights suit and the district court awards fees to the prisoner's attorney, a federal statute says that "a portion of the [prisoner's] judgment (not to exceed 25 percent) shall be applied to satisfy...

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