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DUCKWORTH v. WHISENANT

No. 95-9341.

97 F.3d 1393 (1996)

Timothy P. DUCKWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael E. WHISENANT, James Patrick, Lionel G. Higdon, Stuart Jackson, Individually and in their official capacities as Deputy Sheriffs of DeKalb County, Georgia, Pat Jarvis, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, Defendants, DeKalb County, Georgia, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Burton Howe, Jr., Howe & Dettmering, Douglasville, GA, Michael N. Weathersby, Evert & Weathersby, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan Weintraub, H. Walter Indermark, DeKalb County Law Dept., Decatur, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKETT, Circuit Judge, and DYER and HILL, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

DeKalb County, Georgia appeals the district court's award of attorneys' fees in this civil rights case. The County contends that the court abused its discretion in awarding plaintiff's counsel $162,209 in fees when plaintiff sought no injunctive relief and the fees awarded are disproportionate to the $500 recovered from the County.

We have considered the arguments the County advances and conclude that...

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