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JAQUETTE v. BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA

No. 82-1750.

710 F.2d 455 (1983)

Peggy Jo JAQUETTE, Appellant, v. BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA; Black Hawk County Department of Health; Geoffrey Marsh, Former Director of Personnel of Black Hawk County, Iowa; Marion Durbala, Chairman of Black Hawk County Department of Health, and as an individual; Rita Burbridge, former Director of Black Hawk County Department of Health, and as an individual, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed, Merner, Sabath, Strever, Zanville, Oppold & Hansen by Harry W. Zanville, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Mears, Zimmermann & Mears by Richard H. Zimmermann, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Peter W. Burk, Asst. Black Hawk County Atty., Waterloo, Iowa, for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Peggy Jo Jaquette appeals from the district court's reduced award for attorney fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. V 1981). We affirm the district court's award of attorney fees. However, because we feel the issues have a direct bearing on the overall administration of justice we find it necessary to remand for further proceedings.

Jaquette, a licensed practical nurse, was...

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