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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 13:04:37+00:00

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211 F. 3d 289 - Margaret Ann Myers v. City of West Monroe et al.
211 F3d 289 Margaret Ann Myers v. City of West Monroe et al.
CITY OF WEST MONROE; SHERMAN CALHOUN, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Police Officer for West Monroe; JIM WAINWRIGHT; ERNEST MCHENRY, Defendants-Appellees.
This limitation attempts to prevent any chilling effect on the enforcement of civil rights. See Vaughner v. Pulito, 804 F.2d 873, 878 (5th Cir. 1986). Furthermore, the award of fees to a prevailing plaintiff is an award against a violator of the law and in favor of the individual chosen by Congress to vindicate an important policy; an award of fees to a prevailing defendant does not prevent those considerations. See Christiansburg Garmet Co. v. E.E.O.C., 434 U.S. 412, 419 (1978); Hughes v. Rowe, 449 U.S. 5, 14 (1980). The "stringent standard applicable to defendants is intended to ensure that plaintiffs with uncertain but arguably meritorious claims are not altogether deterred from initiating litigation by the threat of incurring onerous legal fees should their claims fail." Aller v. New York Bd. of Elections, 586 F.Supp. 603, 605 (S.D.N.Y. 1984).

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