Webb

Webb v. Ada County

Good Law
195 F.3d 524
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 29, 1999No. 97-35990California1,384 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Beezer, J.

Robert Webb and several plaintiffs in this civil rights class action (“Webb”) appeal the district court’s judgment awarding only a percentage of the attorney’s fees Webb requested. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 over all Webb’s claims save one. As to the claims for which we have jurisdiction, we affirm in part and remand in part in light of Martin v. Hadix, — U.S. -, 119 S.Ct. 1998 , 144 L.Ed.2d 347 (1999).

*526 I

Webb brought a class action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , challenging conditions at the Ada County Jail (“the Jail”). Through various court orders and a partial consent decree, Webb prevailed on several issues. The district court awarded Webb $224,308 in attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 . For ease of reference, we refer to the initial disposition of the merits and attorney’s fees issues as “Webb I."

Webb, through his attorneys, continued to work on the case after the entry of judgment. Webb was partially successful in these efforts. He sought fees for eight postjudgment matters: hours expended monitoring compliance with the partial consent decree (“consent decree monitoring”); a motion to strike the affidavit of Dr. Jerry Doke (“Doke…

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