360 F. App'x 851

Douglas Lee HORN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry CARTER; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 08-15432.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

*852Submitted Dec. 15, 2009.*

Filed Dec. 29, 2009.

Douglas Lee Horn, Buckeye, AZ, pro se.

Lisa Parsons, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, Diana Day Ras-ner, Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson, P.C., Phoenix, AR, for Defendants-Appel-lees.

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

Douglas Lee Horn, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment awarding $33,311.56 in attorney’s fees and costs to Defendant Levine pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Miller v. L.A. County Bd. of Educ., 827 F.2d 617, 619 (9th Cir.1987). We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

We vacate the judgment awarding attorney’s fees and costs because there is no indication in the record that the district court considered Horn’s pro se status and financial resources. See id. at 620, 621 (requiring district courts to consider a plaintiffs pro se status in determining whether to award attorney’s fees to a defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and to consider the plaintiffs financial resources in determining the amount of the award).

The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED.

Horn v. Carter
360 F. App'x 851

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Horn v. Carter
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