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ESTATE OF DRAYTON v. NELSON

No. 94-2217.

53 F.3d 165 (1994)

ESTATE OF Eric L. DRAYTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mike NELSON, in his individual capacity as a deputy sheriff of Marion County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Grimes (argued), Richard G. Hatcher, Gary, IN, for Estate of Eric L. Drayton, by its administrator Zeke Drayton, plaintiff-appellant.

Andrew P. Wirick, CC, MaryAnn G. Oldham, Office of the Corp. Counsel, City Counsel Legal Div., John C. Ruckelshaus, Ruckelshaus, Roland, Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, IN, for Mike Nelson, William Ryan.

Andrew P. Wirick, CC, MaryAnn G. Oldham, Office of the Corp. Counsel, City Counsel Legal Div., Indianapolis, IN, for Francis W. Price.

Andrew P. Wirick, CC, MaryAnn G. Oldham, Dale R. Simmons (argued), Office of the Corp. Counsel, City Counsel Legal Div., Indianapolis, IN, for Marion County.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The estate of Eric Drayton, and Drayton's survivors, claiming that he had been shot to death by deputy sheriffs of Marion County, Indiana, brought this suit against the deputy sheriffs and others, including the County itself, seeking damages under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, now 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district judge granted judgment on the pleadings for the County and awarded it attorney's fees of $906.25, from which the plaintiffs...

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