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SMIDDY v. VARNEY

Nos. 83-6507, 85-5687 and 85-6007.

803 F.2d 1469 (1986)

Gary D. SMIDDY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dudley D. VARNEY, Sidney Nuckles, Raymond Inglin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lightfoot, Carla Woehrle, Talcott, Vandevelle & Woehrle, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Before GOODWIN and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

This case is before us for the second time.1 In this appeal we must decide whether the district court correctly resolved the remanded question: whether the police officers were liable for damages incurred after the prosecutor filed the criminal complaint against Smiddy. We must also consider the award of attorneys' fees.

Gary Smiddy brought this action in 1976 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City...

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