United States Eleventh Circuit

In cases arising over conditions at a former state-run mental health facility, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the state's Rule 60(b) motion for relief from the Consent Decree or err in its decision not to award attorneys' fees to the state.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2003
• Published 10/29/2003

Judges

• ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jason Vail, Tallahassee, FL, Thomas B. York, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Steven B. Goodman, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James K. Green, James K. Green, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Lisa Wilson Edwards, Mark L. Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Robin Lynn Rosenberg, Holland & Knight, LLP, Saint Petersburg, FL, Steven J. Schwartz, Center for Republic Representation, Northampton, MA, for Appellees.