Juan Gabriel Espronceda v. Sylvia Sue Handy Espronceda

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• holding that the district court was within its discretion to apply the mid-point of the CLS rates as the reasonable hourly rate
• explaining that “the reduction analysis for the fees generated from litigating the fee petition is independent from the reduction analysis applied to the underlying litigation.”
• noting that the party seeking attorneys’ fees has the burden to prove that its request for attorneys’ fees is reasonable by submitting evidence supporting the hours worked and rates claimed
• finding that the trial court “permissibly relied on its knowledge of the case and the parties, in addition to what it regarded as the inflated amount of hours billed” in reducing the recoverable hours
• affirming District Court’s decision not to reimburse out-of-forum counsel’s travel time to and from the forum
• affirming rejection of recovery for all travel time and distinguishing between precedent for in-district and out-of-district attorneys

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