MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
The issue upon this appeal is whether appellant, who successfully recovered compensatory and punitive damages in a civil rights action on his own behalf in the Eastern District of New York, is also entitled to an award of attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
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