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KERR v. QUINN

No. 34, Docket 82-7244.

692 F.2d 875 (1982)

Vincent KERR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John QUINN and Joseph Ruggiero, Officers in the Hamden Police Department individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Onorato, New Haven, Conn. (Joseph D. Garrison, Garrison, Kahn, Crane & Silbert, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

William P. Meehan, Asst. Town Atty., Hamden, Conn. (Harold C. Donegan, Sperandeo, Weinstein & Donegan, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge and OAKES and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

RALPH K. WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Following a successful civil rights action against two Hamden, Connecticut, police officers, brought in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Zampano, Judge, plaintiff-appellant Kerr applied for an award of counsel fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976). Judge Zampano denied his request and Kerr appeals.

We reverse and remand.

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