Legal Opinion
United States v. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 1, 2009No. Criminal 06-10408-RGSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPEAL OF THE ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES
STEARNS, District Judge.
This case involves an effort by Zack Hawthorn, a Beaumont, Texas lawyer, to convert a court appointment in the Eastern District of Texas into a substantial award of attorney’s fees in the District of Massachusetts. The travel of the case to Massachusetts will be explained. Hawthorn’s fee request was rejected by Magistrate Judge Codings who deemed it to be “unethically excessive.” Hawthorn’s attempt to appeal Magistrate Judge Collings’ finding directly to the First Circuit Court…
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- United States v. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010