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CALHOUN v. FORESTER

Civ. A. No. 70-1130.

675 F.Supp. 291 (1987)

Andre CALHOUN, Bruce Brown, John B. Turner, William Johnson, Richard Guy, Carlos Thompson, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas FORESTER, Cyril Wecht, Dr. William Hunt, Commissioners of Allegheny County; and Robert Colville, District Attorney of Allegheny County; and Lester Nauhaus, Director, Office of the Public Defender of Allegheny County; and Joseph James, Gretchen Donaldson, Walter Little, Pittsburgh City Court Magistrates, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lieber and Thomas J. Henderson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Lester Nauhaus, pro se.

Kenneth J. Benson, Dante Pellegrini, Dennis R. Biondo, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Howland W. Abramson, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved for an interim award of attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Plaintiffs assert that they are the prevailing parties in a civil rights action and that the litigation was a material factor in obtaining the relief that they sought. Plaintiffs seek $36,600 in attorneys' fees from the City of Pittsburgh Magistrates (City Magistrates...

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