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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND HOWARD KEVIN KNUSSMAN, Plaintiff v. STATE OF MARYLAND, et al., Defendants : : : : : : : ...o0o...

CIVIL NO. AMD 95-1255

MEMORANDUM OPINION This case is here on remand from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for the purpose of reducing the award of attorneys' fees to plaintiff that was previously ordered by the Honorable Walter E. Black, who has retired. The case has been reassigned to me. The somewhat tortured procedural history of this litigation has been amply documented and need not be repeated here. See Knussman v. State, 935 F. Supp. 659 (D. Md. 1996); Knussman v. State, 16 F. Supp. 2d 601 (D. Md. 1998); Knussman v. State, 65 F. Supp.2d 353 (D. Md. 1999); Knussman v. Maryland, 272 F.3d 625 (4th Cir. 2001); Knussman v. Maryland, 73 Fed. Appx. 608, 2003 WL 22023194 (4th Cir. Aug. 27, 2003). In sum, plaintiff Howard Kevin Knussman, his wife and daughter, filed suit against the State of Maryland, the Maryland State Police, State Police Superintendent Col. David B. Mitchell, Lt. Col. David Czorapinski, Lt. Ronnie Creel, and Jill Mullineaux, a civilian employee of the State Police. The four individual defendants were all sued in their official and personal capacities. The claims against the defendants included substantive and retaliatory violations of the Equal Protection guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment; the

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