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DAVIS v. MILLS

No. 85-5036.

777 F.2d 1524 (1985)

Ollice DAVIS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. MILLS, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Smith, William M. Holland, West Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard L. Oftedal, Robert D. Moses, West Palm Beach, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before VANCE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to a prevailing defendant in a civil rights case. Without making specific findings, the district court granted $10,000 attorney's fees plus $564.80 in costs to the defendant school board. The plaintiff now appeals.

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. E.E.O.C., 434 U.S. 412, 98 S.Ct. 694, 54 L.Ed.2d 648 (1978), provides:

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