Charles H. FORT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

JONES, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this employment discrimination case, the district court, following a bench trial, found for the defendants. In its dispositive order (which contained the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law), the court concluded that the plaintiff’s suit was groundless and that the defendants, as “prevailing parties,” were entitled to attorney’s fees. The court did not, however, determine the amount of these fees, reserving jurisdiction to do so at a later date.

The plaintiff brought this appeal from the court’s determination that fees should be awarded. We conclude…