8 results for 'cat:"Attorney Fees" AND cat:"Police Misconduct"'.
J. Marshall grants the protester $1.1 million in attorney fees after a jury found in his favor and awarded him $85,000 in damages on his excessive force and Monell claims that were part of his complaint alleging that the city's officers beat him for participating in a protest against the murder of George Floyd. The city requests a fee reduction because the protester did not prevail on all of his claims, but "the time spent on claims for which plaintiff did not prevail cannot reasonably be separated from time spent on claims on which plaintiff did prevail."
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Marshall, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv6470, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, attorney Fees, police Misconduct
J. Joseph partially grants the citizen's motion for attorney fees in his lawsuit over his shooting by Milwaukee police in 2014, which in 2023 resulted in a jury's verdict in his favor on his excessive force and failure to intervene claims and an award of $2 million in damages. As the city and police officers point out, the citizen's request for $474,049 in attorney fees and costs in part bills for excessive time for multiple attorneys, so he is only awarded $239,224 in attorney fees and $149 in costs.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Wisconsin, Judge: Joseph, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 2:20cv487, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, attorney Fees, police Misconduct
J. Pitman grants a law firm’s motion for leave to intervene in a civil rights lawsuit brought by relatives of a two people who were killed or injured in a police shooting. That law firm, which was previously retained by the relatives, has a legal right to intervene because it is seeking to recover funds allegedly promised in a prior contingency fee agreement with the relatives.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pitman, Filed On: February 20, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv655, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, attorney Fees, police Misconduct
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J. Houston awards the civilian $5.8 million in attorney fees following a favorable jury verdict for excessive force claims against San Diego County in which the civilian was awarded $800,000 for past non-economic loss and $4.2 million for future non-economic loss. Although the civilian requested $9.3 million in attorney fees, he fails to show that a 2.0 multiplier is justified. A 1.3 multiplier is more appropriate in this case. Also, too many hours were billed for "trial preparation" without adequate documentation to support them.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Houston, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 3:15cv1985, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, attorney Fees, police Misconduct
J. Doughty grants a request by a Louisiana sheriff, finding a woman’s request for $107,354 in attorney fees — atop a $10,000 settlement judgment in her favor for her arrest without probable cause — was “unreasonably excessive.” The award against the Sheriff is slashed to $35,696, with a private law firm receiving $31,275 and the ACLU receiving $4,421. The woman was arrested outside the sheriff’s office after she unsuccessfully attempted to file a police misconduct complaint. She videotaped her verbal altercations with deputies until one seized her phone.
Court: USDC Western District of Louisiana , Judge: Doughty, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv5205, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Constitution, attorney Fees, police Misconduct
J. Seeger partially grants several citizens’ motion for attorney fees in an underlying police misconduct suit, in which they prevailed at a bench trial. The citizens successfully alleged several Harvey city police of searching their home without a warrant, and the court now grants them $394,643 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv4237, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, attorney Fees, police Misconduct