BABCOCK, Judge.
The issue in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is whether a state court may join the state controller and the state treasurer as parties defendant after final judgment on the merits to enforce its judgment against the state for attorney fees awarded pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The trial court granted plaintiffs' motion to add the state controller and the state treasurer as parties defendant and ordered the state controller...
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