ROSE v. HEINTZ

No. 56, Docket 86-6044.

806 F.2d 389 (1986)

Sandra ROSE, et al., Appellants, v. Stephen B. HEINTZ, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. O'Brien, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc., Willimantic, Conn. (Gregory Read, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc., Waterbury, Conn., of counsel), for appellants.

Edmund C. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen., State of Connecticut, of counsel), for appellees.

Before OAKES, MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of an award of attorneys' fees sought under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982). The case concerned the eligibility of certain Connecticut stepchildren for medical assistance under the Medicaid program authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396-1396p, a program funded jointly by the state and federal governments. The United States...

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