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LEFFLER v. MEER

No. 94-2842.

60 F.3d 369 (1995)

William R. LEFFLER and Shirley Jolliff, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Mark D. Leffler (Deceased), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ralph MEER, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Decatur County and Individually, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Sutherlin (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants William R. Leffler, Shirley Jolliff, as Co-Admrs of Estate of Mark D. Leffler (Deceased).

Maxwell Gray, Richard S. Pitts (argued), Lowe, Gray, Steele & Hoffman, Indianapolis, IN, for defendants-appellees Howard Shake, in his official capacity as Dispatcher of Decatur County and individually, Jean A. Crusier, Mary Theobold, Ralph Meer, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Decatur County and individually, Unknown Persons, in their official capacity as Deputy Sheriffs and individually, Bd. of County Com'rs of Decatur County, in their official capacity, namely, Paul Ernstes, Gorden Springmeier, Kenneth Owens.

Before BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and STIEHL, District Judge.

STIEHL, District Judge.

This case is again before this Court to review the district court's determinations of "prevailing party" attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. See Leffler v. Meer, 936 F.2d 981 (7th Cir.1991) (Leffler I).

The underlying lawsuit which spawned this fee litigation involved the 1984 suicide of Mark Leffler, a pre-trial detainee in the Decatur County, Indiana jail. The decedent's parents...

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