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ALEXANDER S. BY AND THROUGH BOWERS v. BOYD

Civil Action No. 3:90-3062-17.

929 F.Supp. 925 (1995)

ALEXANDER S., Alfred S., Benny B., Christopher M., Lafayette M., and Ricky S., By and Through their Guardian ad Litem, Lesly A. BOWERS, individually and as representatives of a class of juveniles, Plaintiffs, v. Flora Brooks BOYD, individually and in her capacity as Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice; Richard E. McLawhorn, individually and in his official capacity as former Commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice for the State of South Carolina; John F. Henry, Frank Mauldin, Kathleen P. Jennings, Joseph W. Hudgens, Karole Jensen and J.P. Neal, individually and in their official capacities as former Board Members for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

November 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gaston Fairey, Rochelle Lyn Romosca, Fairey, Parise & Mills, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, Robert O. Meriwether, Alice V. Harris, William S. Brown, M. Clifton Scott, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Columbia, South Carolina, Nancy C. McCormick, Holly C. Walker, South Carolina Protection and Advocacy System for the Handicapped, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, for plaintiffs.

Edward M. Woodward, Frances G. Smith, Woodward, Levintis, Unger, Daves, Herndon & Cothran, Columbia, South Carolina, Vinton D. Lide, Lide, Montgomery & Potts, Columbia, South Carolina, Larry L. Vanderbilt, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, Columbia, South Carolina, for defendants.

Richard A. Harpootlian, A. Randolph Hough, Solicitor's Office, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Columbia, South Carolina, for amicus curiae.

ORDER

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and the class of incarcerated juveniles they represent (collectively the "plaintiffs"), move for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Defendants oppose plaintiffs' fee requests. Although the parties, facts and prior proceedings in this classaction suit are fully set forth in the prior opinions of this court, see Alexander S. v. Boyd...

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