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SOBA v. McGOEY

No. 83 Civ. 6085 (RPP).

761 F.Supp. 273 (1991)

Carlos SOBA, Plaintiff, v. Sgt. McGOEY, Det. McComiskey, Police Officers O'Brien, Blackwell, Langan, Police Department, and The City of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reid & Priest, Stephen H. Kinney, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff.

Victor A. Kovner, Corp. Counsel, City of New York, Law Dept., Phyllis K. Saxe, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff Carlos Soba (Soba) has applied, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, for attorneys' fees in the amount of $251,768.40 and disbursements in the amount of $13,063.51 based on his having received a jury award of $60,000 against defendants McComiskey and O'Brien, members of the Police Department of the City of New York, for excessive use of force in effecting his arrest for an armed robbery...

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