Legal Opinion
Barbara Polk v. New York State Department of Correctional Services, a State Agency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 25, 1983No. 379, Docket 83-7593PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Howard G. Munson, Chief Judge) awarding attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (Supp. V 1981). The successful plaintiff to whom fees were awarded contends that the District Judge erred in calculating a fee based on the prevailing rates charged by competent civil rights lawyers in the Northern District, rather than the higher prevailing rates charged in the Southern District. In the unusual circumstances of this case, we conclude that the District Judge had discretion to…
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