Legal Opinion
Nkihtaqmikon v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 9, 2010No. CV-05-188-B-WPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S PETITION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E)
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Presented with an application for attorney fees under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E) for $157,021, the Court awards a fee of $86,885.16, eliminating student billing from the Environmental & Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC) at Vermont Law School, reducing excessive, unexplained, and overstaffed hours, and applying an equitable reduction of 25% to the net figure to account for lack of specificity. At the same time, the Court rejects the Bureau of…
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