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CARTER v. STATE OF R.I., DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 93-0447-T.

25 F.Supp.2d 24 (1998)

Sheree A. CARTER v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, George A. Vose, Jr., Director, Department of Corrections, Walter Whitman, Warden, Department of Corrections, Thomas Partridge, Deputy Warden, Department of Corrections, Barry Levin, Chief Supervisor of Employee relations, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, William Bove, President, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, Kenneth Rivard, Grievance Chairman, Ronald Brodeur, Captain, Kenneth Ahern, Captain, Peter Germani, Ronald Le Clerc, Lieutenant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene Marie Violet, Arlene Violet & Law Assoc., East Providence, RI, Patrick James Quilan, George E. Babcock, Providence, RI, Judith I. Scott, Cranston, RI, M. George Carvalho, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff.

Sheree A. Carter, Pawtucket, RI, pro se.

James R. Lee, Brenda A. Doyle, Atty. Gen's Office, Providence, RI, Gerard Paul Cobleigh, Cobleigh Watt Rock & Giacobbe, Warwick, RI, Robin E. Feder, U.S. Atty's Office, Providence, RI, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, District Judge.

The defendants seek attorneys' fees for defending what this Court previously found to be a frivolous suit. The issue presented is whether, under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988(b) and 2000e-5(k), the "reasonable attorney's fee" awarded to government defendants who are represented by salaried government lawyers should be calculated in accordance with the lodestar method that reflects prevailing market rates...

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