(June 25, 2024, 10:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The plain text of 42 U.S. Code Section 1988(b) does not allow for attorney fees to be awarded only for a preliminary injunction as it does not provide the ruling on the merits or final judgment necessary to prevail, the commissioner of the Viriginia Department of Motor Vehicles argues in his U.S. Supreme Court petitioner brief, challenging a ruling by a divided Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the Virginians who filed a putative class complaint over a now repealed statute regarding the suspension of driver’s licenses were the prevailing parties....