Colombrito v. Kelly

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• observing that “when a lawsuit is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2), attorney’s fees have almost never been awarded”
• explaining that parents' attempt to \deprogram\ their son, a process designed to force him to renounce his religious beliefs, constituted the \anti-religious animus or discriminatory intent required by § 1985(3)\
• observing that fee-shifting might be a permissible condition for granting a Rule 41(a)(2
• reversing fee award where lower court had recognized “complexity of the issues in the case” and “new and changing principles of constitutional law”
• \[n]either meritlessness 4 alone nor improper motives alone will suffice\ to satisfy the \exceptional circumstance\ standard
• “[W]hen a lawsuit 26 1 In Kamal, the Ninth Circuit noted that it has “not need[ed] to resolve whether a district court can impose attorney’s fees as a condition under Rule 41(a)(2

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