Legal Opinion
Banda v. Antelope Valley Union High School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2016No. 14-55300UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
José Banda appeals the district court’s order granting in part and denying in part his motion for attorneys’ fees on his Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in reducing the hours spent preparing for the hearing by 35 hours because it adequately explained that counsel “spent 36 hours preparing for the initial hearing and then spent another 49 hours preparing for the continued hearing” when “[t]he issues had not changed either factually or legally as a result of the…
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