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MUHAMMAD v. LOCKHART

No. 95-3321.

104 F.3d 1069 (1997)

Ali Akbar MUHAMMAD, Also Known As Lee Franklin, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Larry Norris, Assistant Director; Marvin Evans, Jr., Warden; Robert Clark, Hearing Officer Administrator; James Byers, Hearing Officer, Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction; Monchie Biram, Hearing Officer, Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction; Robert Perry, Major; Nuby Courtney, Assistant Warden, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Eberhard, argued, Little Rock, AR (Winston Bryant, Attorney General, on the brief), for appellants.

E. Dion Wilson, Helena, AR, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this case appeal the award of an attorney's fee, costs, and expenses under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We hold, because the plaintiff's victory was material, that he was entitled to an award of a reasonable attorney's fee and expenses under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding the amount that it did. We therefore affirm the district court's order.

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