BROWN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., CHEVROLET DIV.

No. 1031, Docket 82-7840.

722 F.2d 1009 (1983)

Samuel L. BROWN, Sr., Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET DIVISION, Tonawanda and Chevrolet Division, Buffalo, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Davis, Buffalo, N.Y., for appellant pro se.

Arnold Weiss, Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Halpern, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, CARDAMONE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Charles L. Davis appeals from Judge Curtin's denial of an application for attorney's fees. Davis was the original attorney for plaintiff, Samuel Brown, in one of three consolidated civil rights actions settled on October 14, 1981. We affirm on the alternative grounds that Davis lacks standing to make such an application and that the settlement included all claims for counsel fees.

BACKGROUND

Brown commenced this civil rights...

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