Martin Gonzalez, Sr. v. City of Maywood

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• holding that a reasonable fee must be determined “in light of the context of th[e] case, ... not based on [the court’s] own notion of the correct ratio between the amount of attorney’s fees and the amount the litigants recovered”
• holding district court erred by setting arbitrary hourly rates for plaintiff’s attorneys by 27 “disregarding the varied levels of skill, experience, and reputation among them.”
• noting that district courts can order parties to re-format and re-submit records in a more usable format
• noting that district courts can order parties to re-format and re-submit records in a more usable format
• noting that it is “well established that time spent in preparing fee applications” is compensable
• providing that a court should exclude hours that are excessive, redundant, 4 unnecessary, or otherwise improper using one of these two methods

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