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JONES v. LOCKHART

No. 93-3859.

29 F.3d 422 (1994)

Larry JONES, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Willis Sargent, Warden; David Hoffman, Assistant Warden of Security, Defendants, Floyd A. McHan, Field Major, Cummins Unit, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Eberhard, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

Robert Ross, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Floyd McHan appeals the district court's award of attorney's fees of $25,000 in this prisoner civil rights action. We affirm the district court's award of fees, but remand to the district court to reduce the award to $10,000.

Larry Jones filed this action against A.L. Lockhart, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Willis Sargent, the Warden of Cummins Unit, David Hoffman, the Assistant Warden of Cummins Unit, and Floyd...

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