Legal Opinion
Richard B. Kay v. Bremer Ehrler, and the Kentucky Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1990No. 89-5297PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
The district court denied plaintiff-appellant Richard B. Kay’s petition for attorney’s fees on the ground that an attorney who represents himself cannot recover fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.
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Kay, proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on January 12, 1988. He brought his action under the First, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1988, alleging that several Kentucky statutes that…
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