Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1988 Supreme Court 413 U.S. 601, 613-615 447 U.S. 557, 566 455 U.S. 283, 289 460 U.S. 37, 45 461 U.S. 352, 357 467 U.S. 253, 269 481 U.S. 739, 745 491 U.S. 781 494 U.S. 472, 477 505 U.S. 123, 129 508 U.S. 656, 659-662 527 U.S. 41, 52-56 528 U.S. 32, 39-40 528 U.S. 167, 189 529 U.S. 277, 287 Circuit Courts 586 F.2d 387, 388 622 F.2d 807, 824 673 F.2d 1213, 1220-1221 710 F.2d 148, 150 862 F.2d 824, 834 958 F.2d 1515, 1520 55 F.3d 564, 569 77 F.3d 1325, 1333 111 F.3d 1548, 1550 112 F.3d 1125, 1126 119 F.3d 1538, 1542 130 F.3d 1458, 1463 147 F.3d 1282, 1290 177 F.3d 954, 956-957 187 F.3d 1324, 1328 195 F.3d 645, 650 210 F.3d 1331, 1332-1333 212 F.3d 1231, 1235-1236 217 F.3d 1350, 1355 219 F.3d 1301, 1306-1318 226 F.3d 649 234 F.3d 1163, 1175-1176 240 F.3d 944, 953 256 F.3d 1251, 1256 261 F.3d 1154, 1158 80 F. Supp. 2d 1331, 1333 619 F. Supp. 1129, 1141