SETHY v. ALAMEDA CTY. WATER DIST.

No. 77-2165.

602 F.2d 894 (1979)

Tejpal S. SETHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Ronfeldt, Legal Aid Society of Alameda, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James W. McKeehan, Rhodes, McKeehan & Bernard, Fremont, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TRASK and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WYATT, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-appellant Tejpal S. Sethy appeals from the district court's March 18, 1977 order denying Sethy's motion for an award of attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, Pub.L. No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.1 We reverse.

On May 20, 1971, Sethy filed suit against the Alameda County Water District and certain named individuals. He sought injunctive relief and damages...

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