HARRIS v. McCARTHY

No. 85-6028.

790 F.2d 753 (1986)

Dr. Howell HARRIS, Dr. Michael A. Fahey, Edgar Leonard Robinson, Rick A. Wigan, Charles Bergmeier, Zachary F. Lillard, Howard Kearns, Joseph Navarro, Henry Fleming, Robert Ladd, Edward E. Boyd, David Gonick, Edward Cornell, Juan Lopez, Willie Keeton, Raymond Maldonado, Alexander Montoya, Robert Sanchez Fierro, Kevin J. McCarthy, John Burnside, Lawrence Ruzick, Evelyn Spencer as representative of Alfornia Spencer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. D.J. McCARTHY, Supt.; Ruth Rushen, Dir.; Dr. J.R. Chambers, W.J. Hendricks, V.M. Garcia, Joseph Rossini, Juan Soto, and Harry Honzell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Greenberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John Harrel, Donald Roeschke, Deputy Attys. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, NELSON, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants ("plaintiffs") appeal from a district court order awarding them partial attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. They claim that the trial judge abused his discretion by (i) awarding them attorney's fees for only a fraction of the time they spent securing and monitoring a preliminary injunction in the underlying suit; (ii) awarding them only 11.5% of the amount sought in connection with their motion in pursuit of the...

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