Sotomura v. County of Hawaii

679 F.2d 152 Joseph Yuki SOTOMURA and Grace Fumiye Sotomura, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF HAWAII, et al., Defendants, and George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii, et al., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Nos. 80-4488, 80-4498. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 7, 1982. Wayne Minami, Atty. Gen., Chelun Huang, Jackie Mahi Erickson, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, Clifford H. F. Lum, Corp. Counsel, Bruce Ito, Deputy Corp. Counsel, County of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants/cross-appellees. Clinton Ashford and Douglas MacDougal, of Ashford & Wriston, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. ORDER Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, SKOPIL and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 The Sotomuras obtained a judgment in their civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Defendants appealed. After briefs were filed on the merits and on the Sotomuras' motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely, we granted the motion to dismiss. The Sotomuras now seek attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for services performed in connection with the appeal. The Sotomuras are "prevailing parties," a prerequisite to such…