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TORRES-SANTIAGO v. MUNICIPALITY OF ADJUNTAS

No. 10-2248.

693 F.3d 230 (2012)

Myrta TORRES-SANTIAGO; Migdalia Rodríguez-Rivera; José Rivera-del Valle, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MUNICIPALITY OF ADJUNTAS; Jaime H. Barlucea-Maldonado, in his official capacity as Mayor of the Municipality of Adjuntas, Defendants, Appellees, Walver Báez-Lugo, in his personal and official capacity; Daniel Portela, in his personal and official capacity; Hernán Caraballo, in his personal and official capacity; Claribel Pagán, in her personal and official capacity; John Doe; Richard Doe, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José Martinez Custodio , for appellants.

Luis R. Pérez Giusti , with whom Adsuar Muñiz Goyco Seda & Pérez-Ochoa, P.S.C. was on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves an award of $59,787.50 in attorney's fees against unsuccessful plaintiffs in a civil rights action. Plaintiffs Myrta Torres-Santiago, Migdalia Rodríguez-Rivera, and José Rivera-del Valle argue that their lawsuit was not so frivolous or unreasonable as to justify an award of fees to the defendants. We agree, except for Torres's inferior working conditions claim against Walver...

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