DOYLE v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 83 Civ. 1286 (LFM).

580 F.Supp. 59 (1984)

Howard DOYLE, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, and its agents, among them Police Officer Joseph Chinea, Police Officer George Kessler, and Police Lieutenant William Duane, Centre Firearms Company, Inc., Defendants.

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

February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsig, Sullivan & Liapakis, P.C. by Theodore F. Kerin and John M. Tomsky, New York City, for plaintiff.

Stuart, Zavin, Sinnreich & Wasserman by Jonathan Sinnreich and Janet L. Shprintz, New York City, for defendants City of New York, Joseph Chinea and George Kessler.

Robert I. Elan, Lake Success, N.Y., for defendant Centre Firearms Co., Inc.


OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves for an order, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60, vacating a stipulation of discontinuance entered on August 15, 1983. Defendants oppose this motion and move for attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We deny plaintiff's motion and award to defendants those attorneys' fees reasonably incurred in opposing this motion.

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