Legal Opinion

Trevino v. Gates

District Court, C.D. California

Decided June 15, 1995No. CV 92-1981 JSLPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

LETTS, District Judge.

Before the Court is plaintiff Johanna Trevino’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, which came for hearing regularly on March 20, 1995. This case, juxtaposed with two previous cases in which the Court awarded attorney’s fees to the same counsel, Gomez v. Gates, 804 F.Supp. 69 (C.D.Cal.1992), and Gillen v. Gates, 847 F.Supp. 1475 (C.D.Cal.1994), aff'd, 56 F.3d 71 (9th Cir. June 1, 1995) (Table), illustrates once again the difficulty of arriving at a “reasonable” attorney’s fee in § 1988…

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