Legal Opinion
Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 30, 2008No. 07-1806PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
After a lengthy battle to redeem egregious violations of their civil rights, the plaintiffs were granted attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Fees Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1988. They were later denied additional recompense for services rendered in (i) litigating the fee petition, (ii) attempting to collect the underlying judgments, and (iii) seeking statutory interest. Displeased with the district court’s calculation and apportionment of the fees awarded and with its rejection of their supplemental motion, the plaintiffs…
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