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MURPHY v. SMITH

No. 15-3384.

864 F.3d 583 (2017)

Charles MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert SMITH and Gregory Fulk, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fabian John Rosati , Attorney, Law Office of Fabian J. Rosati, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Bauer, Manion, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before us once more, this time not on the merits but on plaintiff Charles Murphy's petition for an award of attorney fees on appeal as a prevailing party pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b). We deny the petition. Plaintiff prevailed on only one issue on appeal, an issue of only state law that could not have...

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