35 results for 'cat:"Civil Rights" AND cat:"Attorney Fees"'.
J. Navarro-McKelvey dismisses the department's appeal of the lower court's decision to apply a multiplier to the award of attorneys' fees to the employee who prevailed in a sexual harassment suit. The department failed to show that the issue of waiver of sovereign immunity for attorneys' fees multipliers falls under the jurisdictional exception to the claim preservation requirements.
Court: Missouri Court Of Appeals, Judge: Navarro-McKelvey, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: ED111748, Categories: civil Rights, Immunity, attorney Fees
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. Gee grants the family members' request for attorney fees following a $10 million judgment in their favor in their lawsuit stemming from the officer's fatal shooting of their loved one in 2016. The family's counsel seeks $1.5 million in attorney fees, though the hours spent reviewing the county's ex parte application to quash subpoena and request protective order are decreased, so counsel shall receive $1.4 million in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Gee, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 5:18cv762, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees
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
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J. DeGravelles orders the state of Louisiana to pay intervenors in a black voting rights suit, including several voters and a candidate for a state Supreme Court seat, the amount of $36,000 in reasonable attorney fees. The intervenors prevailed in their request to lift a stay of all Louisiana Supreme Court elections, pending reapportionment. The black plaintiffs were not "the driving force" behind the opposition to lifting the stay; state officials were, notably the state Attorney General who has since been elected Governor of Louisiana, along with its Secretary of State, who did not seek reelection. Both officials were heavily involved in the litigation surrounding whether the stay order would be lifted, and thus should have
known the intervenors would request attorney fees.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: DeGravelles, Filed On: March 6, 2024, Case #: 3:19cv479, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Government, attorney Fees
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
J. Blumenfeld Jr. grants the driver $1 million in attorney fees after a jury awarded him $150,000 on his claim that the city's police officers used excessive force when they pointed their guns on him as he lay prone on the ground and complied with all orders. The driver requests $1.3 million in attorney fees, but he asks for the higher end of the hourly rate range for one of his attorneys which is not justified, so the amount is reduced accordingly.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Blumenfeld Jr., Filed On: February 5, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv2640, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees
J. Copenhaver grants in part the coalition's motion for an award of attorney fees and costs in its suit challenging the constitutionality of the 2018 "Parking Lot" amendments to the West Virginia Business Professional Liability Act that prohibits property owners from banning firearms on the parking lots of their premises. Following the Sept. 1 opinion finding the Inquiry and Take-No-Action provisions of the amendments "facially violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech," the Coalition is entitled to receive a total of $85,476 in attorney fees and in costs and expenses.
Court: USDC Southern District of West Virginia, Judge: Copenhaver , Filed On: December 11, 2023, Case #: 2: 19cv434, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Firearms, attorney Fees
J. Hoyle finds the trial court improperly denied defendant's motion to rescind its order to withdraw funds from his inmate account for payment of restitution, fees and costs. Defendant was convicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with the court making an indigency finding, and there is no evidence his financial circumstances have changed since that finding. Reversed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Hoyle , Filed On: November 21, 2023, Case #: 12-23-00054-CV, Categories: Restitution, attorney Fees, civil Rights
J. Kronstadt grants $1.4 million in attorney fees to the foster youths' counsel and $11,400 in costs to the foster youths for their lawsuit alleging that Los Angeles County and others did not provide the foster youths mental health services as required by California and federal law. The foster youths' counsel spent 2,800 reasonable hours on this complex case by reviewing over 15,000 pages of documents and deposing three employees of the county, among other work.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Kronstadt, Filed On: November 13, 2023, Case #: 2:02cv5662, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees
J. Holcomb grants the father $89,200 in attorney fees and costs for his due process complaint alleging that the school district repeatedly did not provide his daughter, the student, an Individualized Education Plan to allow her to access grade-level curriculum, causing the student to fall behind on her reading and writing skills. The father's requested rates are reasonable for both his counsel and his experienced paralegal as they match the typical rates, and the hours are reasonable because the school district filed multiple motions to dismiss the complaint that required the father's counsel to prepare multiple opposition briefs and to deal with proceedings delays.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Holcomb, Filed On: October 31, 2023, Case #: 8:23cv524, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Education, attorney Fees
J. McShane awards Independent politician Brian Boquist $375,500 in attorney fees and $21,000 in costs for his complaint that Oregon State Senate President Peter Courtney and others stopped him from accessing the capitol building after he made comments following a walkout held by Republican senators in June. Some costs, including those for videotaping depositions, are denied. Most of Boquist's counsel's rates are reasonable when compared to other Oregon lawyers with the same experience, though not all hours are accepted because some of them are duplicative.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: McShane, Filed On: October 30, 2023, Case #: 6:19cv1163, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Government, attorney Fees
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. Gilstrap grants as modified the motion for attorney fees incurred by the class members for the specified period in connection with enforcement of a consent decree that settled claims of "illegal traffic stops, detentions, searches, and seizures" of members of racial or ethnic minority groups. The class is entitled to $16,020 in fees.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Texas , Judge: Gilstrap, Filed On: August 23, 2023, Case #: 2:08cv288, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Settlements, attorney Fees
J. DuBose awards $119,040 in attorney fees, $5,138 in cost and expenses, and $2,100 in fees for the appellate paralegal after the individual prevailed in her civil rights claims against an arresting officer.
Court: USDC Southern District of Alabama, Judge: DuBose, Filed On: August 16, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv854, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees
J. Watkins awards $10,500 in costs, reduced from the requested $32,000 in costs, to the prevailing individual in an underlying action. The individual fails to justify $22,000 in charges for photocopies and, instead, is awarded only $277 for copies.
Court: USDC Middle District of Alabama, Judge: Watkins, Filed On: August 8, 2023, Case #: 2:11cv1027, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees
J. Frank partially grants the civilian's motion for attorney fees following her success at trial on claims against the government entities and their employees alleging that they impermissibly accessed her driver's license data. While the civilian's legal errors necessitated a new trial, the issues presented at trial were close calls and her behavior was not unreasonable. She was overall successful on the claim at the heart of her case, the case furthered public interest, and an earlier reduction of attorney fees stands. Time and resources spent on an appeal and trial preparation, however, were excessive and fees are reduced by 60 percent accordingly.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Frank, Filed On: July 27, 2023, Case #: 0:13cv3562, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, attorney Fees