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JONES v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Nos. 84-1712(L), 85-2001.

790 F.2d 1120 (1986)

Nancy JONES, Appellee, v. The BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA and its constituent institution; The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; E.K. Fretwell, Jr., Chancellor of UNCC; James H. Werntz, UNCC Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Louise Schlachter, Dean of UNCC School of Nursing, Appellants. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Ziko, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellants.

Jonathan Wallas (John T. Nockleby, Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas & Adkins, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants challenge the district court's award of attorney's fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982), at a rate of $100 per hour to John T. Nockleby, Esquire. The amount of attorney's fees awarded under § 1988 is within the discretion of the district court. See Webb v. Board of Education of Dyer County, 471 U.S. 234, 105 S.Ct. 1923, 1928, 85 L.Ed.2d 233 (1985) (citing Hensley v. Eckerhart,

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