OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.
This is a petition seeking counsel fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. To understand the basis of my ruling which follows, an understanding of the underlying facts is necessary.
On the evening of April 23, 1982, the defendants Officers Perrin and Brown stopped plaintiff on suspicion of drunken driving and later arrested him on that charge. Plaintiff alleged that the two defendants used excessive force...
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