Zinna v. Congrove Ex Rel. Estate of Congrove

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

In 2012, this court held that the district court abused its discretion when it awarded Appellant Michael Zinna only $8000 in attorney’s fees. Zinna v. Congrove, 680 F.3d 1236, 1242 (10th Cir.2012). We remanded the matter to the district court to calculate a reasonable fee. Id. In a separate order, we ruled Zinna was entitled to a reasonable attorney’s fee for the appellate proceedings and remanded the matter to the district court to calculate that fee also. On remand, the district court entered two orders — the first awarded Zinna $16,240 in trial fees and…