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9th Circuit Remands Case to District Court to Explain Its Order Reducing Prevailing Party’s Fee Request

In February, 2013, the Ninth Circuit vacated a district court’s award of costs and attorney’s fees to a prevailing § 1983 litigant because the district court failed to explain how it arrived at its determination that the amount requested was excessive.

Joseph and Darla Padgett filed a complaint asserting various ...

 

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