Legal Opinion
Pedro Quesada, and Hugh R. Manes, Real Party in Interest v. Ronald Thomason, Miles J. Sutton, Rubin A. Mendoza, Robert Nichols, Los Angeles County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1988No. 87-5919PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Pedro Quesada sued four Los Angeles County sheriffs under section 1983 for a brutal beating he received at their hands. He originally sought $50,000 in damages, though he later decreased this request to $25,000. Prior to trial, the County settled the case, giving Quesada $17,500. Quesa-da had previously agreed to pay his attorney a percentage of any monetary recovery. Quesada filed a motion for statutory attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and submitted the usual documentation, including time records indicating that his attorney spent 147.3 hours preparing for trial,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by97 opinions
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