Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc. v. City of Malden

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES & COSTS

GERTNER, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are a nonprofit organization, Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc., (“Tri-CAP”), that provides housing to the homeless, and four disabled homeless persons (“Jane Doe and three John Does”) who planned to live in the rooming house that Tri-CAP was to renovate. They sued the City of Malden (“the City”) to compel the issuance of a building permit that would allow Tri-Cap to retrofit the house in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12111 et seq.

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