LORANGER v. STIERHEIM

No. 88-5179.

3 F.3d 356 (1993)

William L. LORANGER, individually and as surviving son and sole heir of Carolyn M. Loranger, deceased, and as personal representative of the estate of Carolyn M. Loranger, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Merrett STIERHEIM, etc., et al., Defendants, Stuart Simon, individually and in his former capacity as county attorney for Metropolitan Dade County, Stanley Price, individually and in his official capacity as assistant county attorney for Metropolitan Dade County, Stuart Sobel, individually and in his official capacity as assistant county attorney for Metropolitan Dade County, William POWELL, individually and in his official capacity as director of the Metropolitan Dade County Public Works Department and his successors in office, Gonzaldo Gonzalez, individually and in his official capacity as an employee of the Public Works Department of Metropolitan Dade County, Jack Chazen, individually and in his official capacity as former employee of the Public Works Department of Metropolitan Dade County, John Doe, individually and in his (their) official capacity(ies) as employees of Metropolitan Dade County, and Metropolitan Dade County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Ray, Neil D. Kolner, Miami, FL, for plaintiff-appellant.

James J. Allen, Asst. County Atty., Miami, FL, for defendants-appellees.

Before COX, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

William Loranger appeals from the district court's orders denying his motion for recusal and awarding his attorney, Michael D. Ray, approximately five percent of the attorney fees requested under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court's order denying Loranger's motion for recusal but reverse the district court's fee award.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

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