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APONTE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 12-3099.

728 F.3d 724 (2013)

Gilbert APONTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO and John Adreani, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Rediger , Attorney, Law Office of Michael E. Rediger, P.C., John Sawin , Attorney, Sawn Law Firm, LTD., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Gentithes , Benna Ruth Solomon , Attorneys, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether Gilbert Aponte should receive attorney's fees in this civil-rights suit. Aponte sued four Chicago police officers, seeking over $100,000 in damages, but a jury awarded him only $100 against just one defendant. Aponte then requested attorney's fees of over $100,000, which the district court denied. He appeals that decision, arguing that the district court applied the wrong legal test to determine his eligibility...

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