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MORALES v. CITY OF SAN RAFAEL

No. 94-15523.

96 F.3d 359 (1996)

Juan Manuel MORALES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN RAFAEL and Daniel Hulett, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Brekhus, Linda J. Philipps, Brekhus, Williams, Wester & Hall, Greenbrae, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory M. Fox, Dana L. Soong, Bertrand, Fox, & Elliot, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before D.W. NELSON, REINHARDT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a dispute as to the proper method of determining a reasonable attorney's fee for a prevailing civil rights plaintiff. The history of the case is as follows:

Morales sued the City of San Rafael ("City") and a San Rafael police officer, Sergeant Daniel Hulett, alleging that Hulett unlawfully arrested Morales without an arrest warrant and without probable cause in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Based...

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