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McDONALD v. DOE

No. 84-3412 Summary Calendar.

748 F.2d 1055 (1984)

Jessie McDONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oestreicher, Whalen & Hackett, David Oestreicher, II, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lee, Martiny, Caracci & Bono, Metairie, La., Lloyd F. Schroeder, II, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 24, 1985.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, confers the right to recover attorney's fees on a party who prevails in an action to enforce provisions of the federal civil rights laws.1 This statute does not, however, authorize an award of fees to a party who recovers on a pendent state claim but loses on his civil...

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