Legal Opinion
Soba v. McGoey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1991No. 83 Civ. 6085 (RPP)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.
Plaintiff Carlos Soba (Soba) has applied, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, for attorneys’ fees in the amount of $251,768.40 and disbursements in the amount of $13,063.51 based on his having received a jury award of $60,000 against defendants McComiskey and O’Brien, members of the Police Department of the City of New York, for excessive use of force in effecting his arrest for an armed robbery conducted a few minutes before the arrest.
For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted to the extent of $201,202.00 for attorneys’ fees and…
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