Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 2013No. 13-1444PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Before us now for the third time, this case focuses our attention on whether the mandate we issued last time the case was before us foreclosed an otherwise unchallenged use of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a) to modify the judgment on remand. We are also asked to determine whether an award of $104,626.84 in attorney’s fees and costs, for a suit obtaining a damages award of $7,650, is so disproportionate as to constitute an abuse of discretion. Answering no to both questions, and otherwise rejecting appellant’s argument that the district court failed to comply with…
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