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FONTENOT v. LA. BD. OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.

No. 87-3325 Summary Calendar.

835 F.2d 117 (1988)

Allan FONTENOT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston DeCuir, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Maureen O'Connell, James E. Comstock, Advocacy Center for the Elderly and Disabled, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Aline Cicardo, the Superintendent of the Louisiana Special Education Center (LSEC) appeals an award of attorney's fees entered against her in a suit by Allan Fontenot, a handicapped student. We affirm the attorney fee award and remand for calculation of appellate attorney's fees.

I. BACKGROUND

Allan Fontenot was an orthopedically handicapped student at the LSEC. In March 1985, Fontenot was transferred to a hospital to...

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