Hutchison v. Wells

ENTRY

BARKER, District Judge.

The present controversy involves a petition for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, following a judgment for the plaintiff pursuant to a Rule 68 offer of judgment. The defendants object to the petition on a number of grounds. Specifically, they contest:

1) the inclusion of hours spent on a count that was dismissed;

2) the inclusion of hours spent subsequent to the initial offer of judgment;

3) the lack of contemporaneous billing records;

4) the total number of hours billed;

5) the billing rate; and

6) the appended claims of attorneys peripherally related to the case.

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