LYNCH v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 83-1859.

747 F.2d 423 (1984)

William H. LYNCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Rudolph M. Konrad, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the district court's award of attorney fees in the amount of $1,600.00. Plaintiff, the prevailing party in a § 1983 action, contends that the district court abused its discretion by lowering both the hours and hourly rate claimed by plaintiff's attorney, denying a request for a positive multiplier, and, sua sponte, applying a negative multiplier. We affirm the order of the district court with respect to the...

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