RICHARDSON v. MILLER

No. 01-1309.

279 F.3d 1 (2002)

Dana RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Officer Brian MILLER, Detective Steven Blair, Boston Police Department, and City of Boston, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Fischer, with whom Jason & Fischer was on brief, for appellant.

Eve A. Piemonte Stacey, with whom Merita A. Hopkins was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dana Richardson appeals the district court's denial of attorney's fees in his civil rights case against the City of Boston ("the City"). Finding no manifest abuse of discretion, we affirm.

I. Background

On January 25, 2000, appellant was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Angela Howell. A police officer stopped the vehicle and requested a driver's license from Howell, who instead produced a State of Michigan photo...

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