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ESTATE OF CONNERS BY MEREDITH v. O'CONNOR

Nos. 92-15241, 92-16414, 92-16775 and 92-16917.

6 F.3d 656 (1993)

ESTATE OF Marilyn Marie CONNERS, by its administrator, Howard MEREDITH; Howard Meredith; Lillian Beatty, individuals, as sole heirs of Marilyn Marie Conners, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Dennis M. O'CONNOR; Thaddeus Kostrubala, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Hammerness, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Amitai Schwartz, John H. Scott, San Francisco, CA, Robert M. Brown, Brown & Finney, Tahoe City, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before: BROWNING and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

These appeals present the question whether 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) empowers a federal magistrate judge to enter a final order on a post-judgment motion for attorney's fees. We hold that it does not.1

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following a jury verdict in their favor in a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiffs filed a motion for an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant...

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