Peggy Jane O'Neil v. City of Lake Oswego, a Municipal Corporation, and William C. Martin and Robert M. Coleman, Peggy Jane O'Neil v. City of Lake Oswego, a Municipal Corporation, and William C. Martin

642 F.2d 367 Peggy Jane O'NEIL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO, a municipal corporation et al., Defendants, and William C. Martin and Robert M. Coleman, Defendants-Appellees. Peggy Jane O'NEIL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO, a municipal corporation et al., Defendants, and William C. Martin, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 79-4123, 79-4124. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 7, 1981. Decided April 20, 1981. Jerome E. LaBarre, P.C., Bruce MacGregor Hall, P.C., Glasgow, La., Barre & Kelly, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. Samuel C. Justice, Portland, Or., argued, James H. Gidley, Cosgrave & Kester, Portland, Or., on brief, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before CHOY, KENNEDY and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff prevailed in district court in a civil rights action against an Oregon pro tem municipal judge who found her in contempt. We reverse on the basis of judicial immunity. On plaintiff's cross-appeal, we also reverse and remand the issue of attorney's fees recovered from a co-defendant. 2 * On February 6, 1976,…