Stone v. Thompson

.ORDER

DAVIS, District Judge.

This is an employment discrimination case filed by an employee of the National Institutes of Health, an agency within the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The parties have settled their dispute pursuant to an agreement they negotiated and which has been approved and entered as an order of this court. Now pending is plaintiffs motion for attorney’s fees.

The scope of the parties’ disagreement as to fees is quite limited. Defendant does not dispute that plaintiff is a “prevailing party” and is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees and costs. See…