Tahara
Tahara v. Matson Terminals
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
QUENTIN H. TAHARA, No. 05-17306 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-04-00224-HG/
MATSON TERMINALS, INC., LEK
Defendant-Appellee. OPINION
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Helen Gillmor, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 5, 2007* Honolulu, Hawaii
Filed December 27, 2007
Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, A. Wallace Tashima, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.
*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
16761 16764 TAHARA v. MATSON TERMINALS, INC.
COUNSEL
Joshua T. Gillelan II, Longshore Claimants’ National Law Center, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellant.
Michael J. Nakano, Frame Formby & O’Kane, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellee.
OPINION
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Quentin Tahara appeals the amount of attorney’s fees awarded to him by the district court under the TAHARA v.…