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RICHARDSON v. PENFOLD

No. 88-3311.

900 F.2d 116 (1990)

Edward L. RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chuck PENFOLD and Edward Dyer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Kus, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, Ind., J. Moritz Grolimund, Elkhart, Ind., Candice A. Lichtenfels, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

David L. Steiner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in a prisoner's civil rights suit appeal from an order awarding attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to the plaintiff's appellate counsel, Candice Lichtenfels, for her efforts in persuading us to reverse a judgment by the district court dismissing the suit. 839 F.2d 392 (7th Cir.1988). Technically the award of attorney's fees under section 1988 is to the party, not to his lawyer, but it...

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