Rutherford v. Pitchess

713 F.2d 1416 Dennis RUTHERFORD, Harold Taylor, Richard Orr, Gregory Armstrong, Jack Jones and William Robles, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter J. PITCHESS, as Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, William Anthony, as Assistant Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, John Knox, as Chief of the Corrections Division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, James White, as Commander of the Los Angeles County Jail, and Edward Edelman, Peter Schabarum and Baxter Ward, as Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-5071. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1983. Decided Aug. 23, 1983. Frederick R. Bennett, Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Fred Okrand, ACLU Foundation of Southern Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * district judge. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, plaintiffs in the action below, appeal from a district court order awarding $5,000 in attorney's fees…