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HELBRANS v. COOMBE

No. 94 Civ. 8662 (HB).

890 F.Supp. 227 (1995)

Shlomo HELBRANS, Plaintiff, v. Philip COOMBE, Jr., As Acting Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services of The State of New York, James Bird, Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, and Anthony J. Schembri, Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services of the City of New York, Defendants.

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

May 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duker & Barrett, and Gerald L. Shargel, New York City, for plaintiff.

Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y. by Valerie Singleton, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

BAER, District Judge:

Plaintiff Shlomo Helbrans moves this court for an award of attorneys' fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1988 ("Section 1988"). Helbrans seeks reimbursement of the legal fees he incurred in this action against the defendants (the "State") for injunctive relief under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb...

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