Kimberly Small v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.

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• concluding that the district court did not err in declining to hold an evidentiary hearing because “[n]othing in the court’s order suggests that the court devised additional reasons sua sponte to reduce the fee award without giving plaintiffs an opportunity to respond”
• noting that a 8 No. 19-1456 district court is entitled to weigh the probity of affidavits submitted to support a fee request
• noting that a 8 No. 19-1456 district court is entitled to weigh the probity of affidavits submitted to support a fee request
• approving fee award lacking “detailed explanation” where district court simply accepted defendant’s objections to billed time
• finding no abuse of discretion where the district court considered Rossiello’s fee award in similar cases to determine Rossiello’s hourly rate in Small
• the court observed that “FLSA cases are less complex than Title VII and other employment-related civil rights litigation”

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