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GREER v. HOLT

No. 80-1548.

718 F.2d 206 (1983)

Michael GREER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.D. HOLT, T.L. Leggett, C.M. Arquitt, Ronnie L. Hughes, T. Lucchesi and Earl Ray Collier, Individually and in their capacity as officers in the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Philip Arnold, Memphis, Tenn., argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

James W. Pate, R. Lee Winchester, Jr., H. Wallace Maroney, Jr., Memphis Tenn., argued, for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff's attorneys appeal an order of the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee granting limited attorneys' fees to them. Plaintiff, Michael Greer, filed the underlying suit seeking damages from various defendants who were members of the Shelby County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Department. Greer alleged at trial that several of the defendants had assaulted and beaten him while he was in their custody. He claimed other defendants...

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