Legal Opinion
Ronald Smith v. Jessie Freeman, Police Officer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 90-1193PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is before the court solely on the matter of attorney’s fees. We remand on one issue and affirm the remainder. 1
The underlying civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arose out of an incident in which Ronald Smith allegedly cut himself while cleaning a goose and then went to the local fire department in search of a bandage. When the firemen insisted that he go to a hospital, Smith resisted and was eventually arrested by a City of Fountain policeman, Jessie Freeman, for threatening violence. Smith was treated at the hospital…
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