In Re: Rory Dean Hunt, Debtor. First Card v. Rory Dean Hunt J. Calvin Hermansen

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• explaining that “a pretrial order will be 3 liberally construed to permit consideration of any issues that are embraced within its language”
• noting that “[t]he primary method used to determine a reasonable attorney fee in a bankruptcy case is to multiply the number of hours expended by an hourly rate”
• holding, on review of an award of attorneys’ fees under 11 U.S.C. § 523(d), that the lodestar method is the primary method used 2 to determine a reasonable fee in a bankruptcy case
• allowing debtor to recover attorney's fees under § 523(d) despite that he was represented by counsel pro bono
• adopting 22 the BAP’s standard of review of § 523(d) announced in First Card 23 v. Carolan (In re Carolan), 204 B.R. 980, 984 (9th Cir. BAP 24 1996)
• pretrial order has effect of amending the pleadings

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