Nathaniel Saxton, by and Through His Legal Representatives, Steven and Candace Saxton v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “[tjrial courts routinely use their prior experience to reduce hourly rates and the number of hours claimed in attorney fee requests”
• explaining that Special Masters are entitled to use their prior experience in reviewing attorneys’ fees applications
• explaining that special masters are entitled to use their prior experience in reviewing attorneys’ fees applications
• explaining that Special Masters are entitled to use their prior experience in reviewing attorneys’ fees applications
• holding it was “within the special master’s discretion to reduce the hours to a number that, in his experience and judgement, was reasonable for the work done”
• explaining that “the special master ‘may’ award reasonable fees and costs if the petition was brought in good faith and upon a reasonable basis; the statute clearly gives him discretion over whether to make such an award”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).