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ADAMS v. CARLSON

No. 74-1495.

521 F.2d 168 (1975)

Eddie ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Norman CARLSON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, Jr., Lee H. Tockman, Michael E. Deutsch, National Lawyers Guild, Chicago, Ill., Arpiar G. Saunders, Jr., National Prison Project, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. McNally, Frank S. Merritt, Prison Legal Service Project, Chicago, Ill., for amicus.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, prisoners at Marion Federal Penitentiary, appeal from that part of a district court order denying their motion for an award of attorneys' fees and witness expenses. These fees and expenses were incurred by the plaintiffs' attorneys in connection with the plaintiffs' successful litigation challenging certain practices and procedures followed at the penitentiary. The defendants were the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and...

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