Golden Gate Audobon Society, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

ORDER

THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge.

On August 30, 1988, this Court found that plaintiffs were entitled to an interim award of attorney’s fees against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (hereafter “Corps” or “defendants”) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A), based on their success to date in this litigation. We also approved an hourly rate of $160 for plaintiffs’ attorneys Alan Waltner and Roy Gorman. However, we directed the parties to meet and confer with respect to a reasonable number of compensable hours. Unfortunately, the parties were…