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HORACEK v. THONE

No. 82-2384.

710 F.2d 496 (1983)

In re Sarah Ann HORACEK, et al.; United States, Intervenor, v. Charles THONE, et al., Appellees, Richard Douglas McClain, Attorney for James Michael Jonas, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Melvin K. Kammerlohr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Richard Douglas McClain, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant James Michael Jonas.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Attorney Richard McClain appeals the district court1 denial of his application for attorney fees. McClain seeks fees under the consent decree entered in the case of Horacek v. Exon, Civil No. 72-L-299 (D.Neb.1975). The district court denied McClain's application on the ground that the court lacks the authority to grant the fees under the decree, statutes and case law. We affirm.

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