Legal Opinion
Claudia Smalbein v City of Daytona Beach
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 2003No. 03-12113PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
Claudia Smalbein and Edward Millis, personal representatives of the Estate of Paul Smalbein, appeal the denial of their motion for an award of statutory attorney’s fees following a settlement agreement on their claims with the City of Daytona Beach and Police Officers Gary A. Sault, T.A. Perkins, David M. Willis, and Bruce M. McBride (collectively, “Daytona Beach Defendants”). Smalbein and Millis filed their motion for fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b),1 which allows for a fee award to the “prevailing party” in suits brought for the vindication of civil rights. In response, the City of…
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