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- Title: Higgs V. Bland
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 27, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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In this consolidated action, plaintiffs, two classes of prisoners incarcerated at the Kentucky State Penitentiary ("KSP") and the Kentucky State Reformatory ("KSR") appeal from the denial of their motion to alter or amend the order of the district court denying a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants, various Kentucky Department of Corrections officials, from taking disciplinary action against prisoners based on urinalysis tests for drugs. Plaintiffs also appeal the denial of their motion to alter or amend the order of the district court denying an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and the provisions of an Agreed Order entered in conjunction with a consent decree entered in a previous action Kendrick v. Bland, 541 F. Supp. 21 (W.D.Ky. 1981). For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment below inasmuch as it denied the injunction and declined to award fees under § 1988, vacate the denial of fees under the consent decree, and remand.