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ERICKSON v. CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS

No. 00-4150-SAC.

239 F.Supp.2d 1202 (2002)

Kyle ERICKSON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

November 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis D. Palmer, Richard M. Paul, III, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC, Kansas City, MO, for plaintiff.

Deanne Watts Hay, Stanley R. Parker, Randy R. Debenham, Parker & Hay, LLP, Topeka, KS, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

This case comes before the court on plaintiffs application for attorneys' fees and expenses as a prevailing party pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Defendant objects to the amounts of fees and expenses sought by plaintiffs attorneys.

Prevailing Party

"In order to qualify for attorney's fees under § 1988, a plaintiff must be a `prevailing party.'" Farrar v. Hobby,

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