Legal Opinion
Buzzerd v. East Pikeland Township
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1990No. Civ. A. No. 90-1675Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAHN, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seek damages from the defendants, police officers and their employer, for alleged police brutality. The plaintiffs have also requested attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The defendants have now moved for an order requiring counsel on both sides to submit their monthly invoices to the defendants’ counsel under seal. This motion shall be denied.
The defendants cite no authority for this extraordinary request, and this court’s research has found none. The defendants instead base their request upon a number of…
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