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RICKLEY v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 09-56498.

654 F.3d 950 (2011)

Rebecca A. RICKLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; William Howard; Kevin Petrowsky; Soheila Kalhor; Michael Tripp; Rajesh Patel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 19, 2011.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natasha Roit (argued), Malibu, CA; Christopher L. Campbell , Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.

Andrea Sheridan Ordin , County Counsel, and Casey C. Yourn , Deputy County Counsel, Office of County Counsel, Deborah J. Fox (argued) and Philip A. Seymour , Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges, and MARK L. WOLF, District Judge.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, we hold that a successful civil rights plaintiff may recover a reasonable attorney's fee for legal services performed by her attorney-spouse.

BACKGROUND1

Rebecca Rickley filed this federal civil rights action against the County of Los Angeles and individual County employees (collectively, the "County"), alleging violations of her constitutional...

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