Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Sheldon BOND, Debtor. Appeal of Vicki A. Dempsey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 2001No. 00-2770PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Vicki Dempsey represented debtors in four bankruptcy cases before Central District of Illinois courts. In each case, Dempsey requested attorney’s fees in excess of $1,000, the Central District’s presumptive attorney’s fee limit for Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. However, the bankruptcy court found that Dempsey failed to justify fees in excess of the $1,000 limit in any of her cases, and thus limited her fee awards to $1,000 in each case. Dempsey appealed to the district court. Following a convoluted series of procedural moves (involving a remand to the bankruptcy court for…
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