Bartholomew v. Watson

665 F.2d 910 Michael C. BARTHOLOMEW, Scott M. Baldwin, Earl W. Branch, Louis Chavarria, Stephen C. Chochrek, Robert W. Danielson, Dana B. Robinson, Ernest Leroy Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert J. WATSON * , Administrator, Oregon Corrections Division; Hoyt C. Cupp, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary; George E. Sullivan, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institute; Leola M. Gierloff ** , Superintendent, Oregon Women's Correctional Center, Defendants-Appellants. No. 80-3237. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 7, 1981. Decided Jan. 11, 1982. William F. Nessly, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for defendants-appellants. Robert A. Stalker, Jr., Salem, Or. (argued), for plaintiffs-appellees; Roy S. Haber, Salem, Or., on brief. Before KENNEDY and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and COPPLE *** , District Judge. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants Robert Watson, Amos Reed, Hoyt C. Cupp, George E. Sullivan, and T. G. Toombs (hereinafter state appellants) have appealed from the order of the district court awarding attorneys' fees to appellees Michael C. Bartholomew, Scott M. Baldwin, Earl W. Branch, Louis Chavarria, Stephen C. Chochrek,…