Alonzo Gonzalez, and Charmaine Cruchett Intervenor-Appellant v. Monterey County

53 F.3d 338 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alonzo GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, and Charmaine Cruchett Intervenor-Appellant, v. MONTEREY COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-17246. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 1995. Decided April 24, 1995. Before: TANG, SCHROEDER and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We affirm the district court's award of attorney's fees to Charmaine Cruchett. 3 We cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion in denying attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1988 where Cruchett never alluded to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 or any other civil rights statute until her request for attorneys' fees. See Doe v. Maher, 795 F.2d 787, 789 (9th Cir.1986). 4 We also cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion in awarding only those attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with the intervention motion. We have reviewed the record, the pleadings, and the arguments, and we do…