WOLFEL v. BATES

No. 83-3751.

749 F.2d 7 (1984)

Dennis M. WOLFEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Herbert R. BATES, Gary Brown, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Geltner (argued), Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Nick Betsacon, Raymond J. Studer (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and POTTER, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Counsel for appellant Dennis Wolfel appeals the trial court's dismissal of his motion for attorney's fees. This appeal requires us to clarify the procedure by which counsel may seek, and the court may determine, permissible fees for appellate litigation when the motion for attorney's fees raises disputed factual issues.

In the underlying action, Ohio state prison inmate Dennis Wolfel...

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