*1 Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

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*2 PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal an order of the district court ^[2] granting in part plaintiffs’ request for attorney’s fees and expenses under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988 and 1997e(d). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in its award of attorney’s fees and expenses. See 42 U.S.C. § 1988; Loggins v. Delo , 999 F.2d 364, 368 (8th Cir. 1993) (standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny the pending appellate motion as unnecessary.

Judge Loken dissents.

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[1] Interim Superintendent Sodders is automatically substituted for his predecessor under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2).

[2] The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. -2-