Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 22, 1979, 78-1649 (Hector Escamilla v. Alberto Santos, Webb County Judge)

PER CURIAM:

This is an attorneys’ fees case pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, as amended by the Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Award Act of 1976, P.L. 94-559 (Act).

On July 29, 1974, the plaintiffs, prisoners of the Webb County jail, filed a § 1983 action against various Webb County officials. The suit alleged intolerable living conditions in the Webb County jail in violation of the eighth amendment.