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OWENS-EL v. ROBINSON

No. 80-2637.

694 F.2d 941 (1982)

Kenneth OWENS-EL and Inmates and Future Residents of Allegheny County Jail v. Warden William ROBINSON and James Jennings Appeal of Kenneth Owens-El.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Owens-El, pro se.

James H. McLean, County Sol., Dennis R. Biondo, Asst. County Sol., Allegheny County Law Dept., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before ADAMS, WEIS and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) November 19, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the district court's refusal to award a pro se litigant, who is not a lawyer, attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. IV), where an attorney already represented a class in which the litigant...

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