Gates’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “explanation of its reasons for choosing a given percentage reduction nor from its duty to independently review the applicant's fee request. 36 Assessing the merit of defendants' contentions in light of these principles, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion. We therefore vacate and remand this portion of the district court's order for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 37 As a preliminary matter, we reject defendants' argument that the district court abused its discretion in failing expressly to rule on each of their specific objections. The”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gates v. Deukmejian

2. “and that the ten percent across-the-board reduction in the lodestar figure compensated for any overbilling or duplication the court found suggested in the record. Id. at 5-6 . 11 The court found that plaintiffs' counsel had demonstrated that their expertise in complex prison litigation required application of San Francisco rather than Sacramento rates and that plaintiffs adequately had documented that the rates their counsel charged were the prevailing market rates. The court added that defendants' arguments against these rates were also”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gates v. Deukmejian

3. “The district court first asks if the plaintiff did not prevail on claims that were unrelated to those on which he succeeded and excludes any fees associated with those unsuccessful claims. Second, the court makes further reductions when plaintiffs’ success on any remaining interrelated unsuccessful and successful claims was limited.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 942 F. Supp. 1364 - Mockler v. Skipper