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MENDOZA v. BLUM

No. 74 Civ. 4994 (KTD).

560 F.Supp. 284 (1983)

Gloria MENDOZA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Barbara B. BLUM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc., New York City (Cesar A. Perales, Robert L. Becker, New York City, of counsel), Community Action for Legal Services, New York City (Timothy Casey, New York City, of counsel), Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn, N.Y. (John C. Gray, Jr., Gretchen Sprague, Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), and The Legal Aid Soc., New York City (Kalman Finkel, Arthur Fried, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, New York City, for City defendant; Norma Kerlin, New York City, of counsel.

John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, for the Secretary of Health and Human Services; Gaines Gwathmey, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs move herein for an award of attorneys' fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b). For the reasons that follow, plaintiffs' motion is granted.

I.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 14, 1974, plaintiffs, on behalf of all limited English-speaking Hispanic persons, instituted suit...

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