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Rev. Frank D. Lovell v. Linwood Snow, Etc., 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
37 citation events (1 in the last 25 years) across 19 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Frank Gonzalez v. William E. Kangas (ca9, 1987-04-17)
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Top citers, strongest first. 18 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Frank Gonzalez v. William E. Kangas
9th Cir. · 1987 · confidence medium
See Redding v. Fairman, 717 F.2d 1105, 1120 (CA7 1983) (prisoner action challenging constitutionality of disciplinary procedures), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1025 , 104 S.Ct. 1282 , 79 L.Ed.2d 685 (1984); Turman v. Tuttle, 711 F.2d 148, 149 (CA10 1983) (prisoner action claiming due process, equal protection violations); Pitts v. Vaughn, 679 F.2d 311, 312-13 (CA3 1982) (prisoner action claiming due process violations); Wright v. Crowell, 674 F.2d 521, 522 (CA6 1982) (per curiam) (prisoner action claiming deprivation of right to vote); Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986, 987-88 (CA5 1981) (emp…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Frisch v. Commissioner
Tax Ct. · 1986 · confidence medium
Pitts v. Vaughn, 679 F.2d 311, 312-313 (3d Cir. 1982); Wright v. Crowell, 674 F.2d 521, 522 (6th Cir. 1982); Cofield v. Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986 , 987-988 (5th Cir. 1981); Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717, 718 (8th Cir. 1979); Owens-El v. Robinson, 498 F. Supp. 877, 878-880 (W.D.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lawrence v. Staats
D.D.C. · 1984 · confidence medium
Courts from other Circuits, however, have overwhelmingly concluded that pro se plaintiffs are not entitled to attorney fees under § 1988, and by implication under § 2000e-5(k). 3 Pitts v. Vaughn, 679 F.2d 311, 312-13 (3d Cir.1982); Wright v. Cromwell, 674 F.2d 521, 522 (6th Cir.1982); Cofield v. *1379 Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986, 987-88 (5th Cir.1981); Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir.1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717, 718 (8th Cir.1979); Owens-El v. Robinson, 498 F.Supp. 877, 878-80 (W.D.Pa.1980), aff 'd, 694 F.2d 941 (3d Cir.1982); Rheuark v. Shaw, 477 F.Supp. 897, 928 (N.D.Tex.197…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Owen v. Lash
7th Cir. · 1982 · confidence medium
Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986, 988 (5th Cir. 1981); Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Owen v. Lash
7th Cir. · 1982 · confidence medium
Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986, 988 (5th Cir. 1981); Lo- vell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State Ex Rel. Scholl v. Anselmi
Wyo. · 1982 · confidence medium
In Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir. 1981), the court said: “We have recently held that attorney fees may not be awarded to pro se plaintiffs pursuant to the attorney fee provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
cited Cited "see" Marcello v. Maine
D. Me. · 2006 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170, 171 (1st Cir.1981) (applying this rule to pro se actions under Section 1983).
discussed Cited "see" Schneider v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico (2×)
1st Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); see also Poythress v. Kessler, 475 U.S. 1129 , 1129 (1986) (Burger, C.J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (citing lower court cases); Gonzalez v. Kangas, 814 F.2d 1411, 1411 (9th Cir. 1987) (citing cases).
discussed Cited "see" Robert E. Schneider, Jr. v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico Robert E. Schneider, Jr. v. Secretaries of Justice and Treasury of Puerto Rico, Robert E. Schneider, Jr. v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico, Fundacion Colegio De Abogados, Robert E. Schneider, Jr. v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico
1st Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); see also Poythress v. Kessler, 475 U.S. 1129 , 1129 (1986) (Burger, C.J., Dissenting from denial of certiorari) (citing lower court cases); Gonzalez v. Kangas, 814 F.2d 1411, 1411 (9th Cir. 1987) (citing cases).
cited Cited "see" Stephen S. Crooker v. Environmental Protection Agency
1st Cir. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See 637 F.2d at 171 .
discussed Cited "see" Lanasa v. City of New Orleans
E.D. La. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See, Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir.1981); Pitts v. Vaughn, 679 F.2d 311 (3rd Cir.1982); Wright v. Cro-well, 674 F.2d 521 (6th Cir.1982); Owen v. Lash, 682 F.2d 648 (7th Cir.1982); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir.1979); Tur-man v. Tuttle, 711 F.2d 148 (10th Cir.1983).
discussed Cited "see" In Re Emergency Beacon Corp.
Bankr. S.D.N.Y. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See, Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir.1981) (Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act); Crooker v. United States Dept. of Justice, 632 F.2d 916 (1st Cir.1980) (FOIA); Cunningham v. F.B.I., 664 F.2d 383 (3d Cir.1981) (FOIA); Pitts v. Vaughn, 679 F.2d 311 (3d Cir.1982) (Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act); Barrett v. Bureau of Customs, 651 F.2d 1087 (5th Cir.1981) cert. den., 455 U.S. 950 , 102 S.Ct. 1454 , 71 L.Ed.2d 665 (1982) (Privacy Act); Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986 (5th Cir.1981) (Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act); Wright v. Crowell, 674 F.2d 521 (6th Cir…
cited Cited "see" Pitts v. Vaughn
3rd Cir. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986 (5th Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
cited Cited "see" Pitts v. Vaughn
3rd Cir. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986 (5th Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
cited Cited "see" Alejandro Ravancho and Zenaida Ravancho v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
3rd Cir. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981).
cited Cited "see" Cofield v. City of Atlanta
5th Cir. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
cited Cited "see" Cofield v. City of Atlanta
5th Cir. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir. 1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Kenneth Owens-El and Inmates and Future Residents of Allegheny County Jail v. Warden William Robinson and James Jennings Appeal of Kenneth Owens-El
3rd Cir. · 1982 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Lovell v. Snow, 637 F.2d 170 (1st Cir.1981); Cofield v. City of Atlanta, 648 F.2d 986 (5th Cir.1981); Davis v. Parratt, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir.1979); Grooms v. Snyder, 474 F.Supp. 380 (N.D.Ind.1979).
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Rev. Frank D. LOVELL, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
Linwood SNOW, Etc., Defendant, Appellee
80-1668.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Mar 17, 1981.
637 F.2d 170
Frank-D. Lovell, on brief pro se., Paul J. Sullivan, Scituate, on brief for appellee.
Ald-Rich, Coffin, Wyzankski.
Cited by 37 opinions  |  Published
[*171] COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In 1975 plaintiff brought this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages for-the loss of a radio while plaintiff was jailed in the defendant’s custody. In April 1980 the district court entered a judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $50 plus interest and costs.

While the case was pending, plaintiff moved for an award of attorney fees. Several months after entry of judgment, he renewed the motion, accompanying it with a schedule of his time spent on the case since it was begun in 1975. [1] The district court denied the motion without opinion and plaintiff appeals from that order.

We have recently held that attorney fees may not be awarded to pro se plaintiffs pursuant to the attorney fee provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). Crooker v. United States Department of Justice, 632 F.2d 916, 929-22 (1st Cir. 1980). Our starting point there, as here, was the intent of Congress. We identified the dominant purpose of the FOIA’s attorney fee provision as the removal of “the obstacle of attorney fees [so that] all litigants have ‘access to the courts to vindicate their statutory rights.’ ” Id. at 920, quoting Nationwide Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Sampson, 559 F.2d 704, 715 (D.C. Cir. 1977). Precisely the same policy lay behind the enactment of the Civil Right Attorney’s Fees Awards Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. See Perez v. University of Puerto Rico, 600 F.2d 1, 2 (1st Cir. 1979), quoting Zarcone v. Perry, 581 F.2d 1039, 1042 (2d Cir. 1978); Sargeant v. Sharp, 579 F.2d 645, 648 (1st Cir. 1978) quoting S.Rep.No. 1011, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 2, reprinted in 1976 U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 5908, 5910; cf. Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., 390 U.S. 400, 402, 88 S.Ct. 964, 966, 19 L.Ed.2d 1263 (1968). In light of this identity of statutory policies, the reasoning which we set forth in Crooker, supra, 632 F.2d at 920-22, fully applies in the case of a pro se plaintiff’s request for attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. It need not be repeated here.

Affirmed. 2

2

Accord, Rheuark v. Shaw, 628 F.2d 297, 300 n.1 (5th Cir. 1980); Davis v. Parrett, 608 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1979); Owens-El v. Robinson, 498 F.Supp. 877, 880 (W.D.Pa.1980); Grooms v. Snyder, 474 F.Supp. 380, 384 (N.D.Ind.1979); see Gore v. Turner, 563 F.2d 159, 164 (5th Cir. 1977). Contra, Crooker v. United States Department of the Treasury, No. 80-1412 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 23, 1980).

1

. From the record it appears that all of plaintiff s work on the case was done while incarcerated. In view of this fact and our affirmance on the merits, we are reluctant to decide the case on the possible grounds that plaintiff’s post-judgment motion for attorney fees was untimely. See David v. Travisono, 621 F.2d 464, 467 n.2 (1st Cir. 1980); cf. Gary v. Spires, 634 F.2d 772 (4th Cir. 1980). But see Jones v. Dealers Tractor & Equipment Co., 634 F.2d 180 (5th Cir. 1981).