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TORRES-RIVERA v. O'NEILL-CANCEL

No. 07-1806.

524 F.3d 331 (2008)

Margaret TORRES-RIVERA et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Charles O'NEILL-CANCEL, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Cerda, with whom Sigfredo A. Irizarry-Semidei was on brief, for appellants.

Luis A. Rodríguez Muñoz, with whom Roberto Sánchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice, Salvador Antonetti Stutts, Solicitor General, Eduardo Vera Ramírez, Eileen Landrón Guardiola, and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

After a lengthy battle to redeem egregious violations of their civil rights, the plaintiffs were granted attorneys' fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Fees Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1988. They were later denied additional recompense for services rendered in (i) litigating the fee petition, (ii) attempting to collect the underlying judgments, and (iii) seeking statutory interest. Displeased with the district...

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