Legal Opinion
Elizabeth D. Duncan v. David B. Poythress
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 1985No. 84-8076PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Kathleen Kessler appeals the denial of her application for attorney’s fees *1509pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. During the early part of this litigation, Kessler represented plaintiffs Duncan and Stout; later in the litigation, after she was added as a plaintiff, Kessler represented herself. The lower court denied fees for the period in which Kessler represented herself under the theory that a lawyer who appears pro se is never entitled to attorney’s fees under section 1988. The court denied Kessler fees for the time that she represented the other plaintiffs because…
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