JACKSON v. BEARD

No. 86-7382.

828 F.2d 1077 (1987)

Allen JACKSON, # 157927; Derrick Johnson, # 154486; James Prince, # 162405; Eric Tarplay, # 160880; John A. Turkette, # 161508; Inmates at Maryland Correctional Institution, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John R. BEARD, Jr.; Clyde Moser; Irvin L. Clingan; James R. Tinney, III; John S. Kalbflesh; John P. Morgan; Norman L. Schetrompf; Jack O. Harne; John Ankeney; Michael Shirk; Steven Crist, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Bernard Coshnear, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Monica Louise Newman (J. Edward Davis; Davis & Jenkins, Towson, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Local Rule 23A of the Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland requires that, except as otherwise provided by statute or by court order, motions for attorney's fees must be filed "within 20 days of the entry of judgment."1 The sole issue on this appeal concerns the time at which this twenty-day period begins to run when, following entry of a primary judgment in the district...

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