SCHAM v. DISTRICT COURTS TRYING CRIMINAL CASES

No. 97-20412, Summary Calendar.

148 F.3d 554 (1998)

Lee SCHAM; J. Charles Whitefield, Plaintiffs, Lee Scham, Plaintiff-Appellant, Randall L. Kallinen, Movant-Appellant, v. DISTRICT COURTS TRYING CRIMINAL CASES, Harris County Texas; Doug Shaver, Administrative Judge; George H. Godwin; Judge; Brian Rains, Judge; Carol Davies, Judge; William T. Harmon, Judge; Michael Wilkinson, Judge; Debbie Mantooth, Judge; Jeannine Barr, Judge; Jay W. Burnett, Judge; Jan Krocker, Judge; H. Lon Harper, Judge; Denise Collins, Judge; Michael T. McSpadden, Judge; Ted Poe, Judge; Joe Kegans, Judge; Mary Lou Keel, Judge; W.R. Voight, Judge; Doug Shaver, Judge; Jim Wallace, Judge; Jim Barr, Judge; Mary Bacon, Judge; Caprice Cosper, Judge; Lupe Salinas, Judge, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Perry McConnell, The Woodlands, TX, Randall L. Kallinen, Houston, TX, for Scham and Kallinen.

Christine G. Edwards, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ray Elvin Speece, Houston, TX, for Dist. Courts Trying Crim. Cases, Harris County, TX.

Before WIENER, BARKSDALE and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this civil rights action, Plaintiff-Appellant Lee Scham and his attorney before the district court, Movant-Appellant Randall L. Kallinen (collectively, "appellants"), appeal that court's denial of their application for attorneys' fees. Finding that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying fees, we affirm.

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