Roy Weston v. City of Los Angeles: Willie Williams, Chief of Police Grainne Murray Oscar Prado

99 F.3d 1148 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roy WESTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES: Willie Williams, Chief of Police; Grainne Murray; Oscar Prado; Defendants-Appellants. No. 95-55416. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 10, 1996. Decided Oct. 18, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, BOOCHEVER, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Appellants challenge the order of the district court awarding $124,812.50 in attorney's fees to plaintiff Roy Weston, following a jury verdict in his favor in the amount of $4,002. Because we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the award. I. 3 The district court's determination of attorney's fees is reviewed for abuse of discretion. Corder v. Brown, 25 F.3d 833, 836 (9th Cir.1994). As we recently held: 4 The customary method of determining fees, which the district court should have used here, is known as the lodestar method. "The lodestar…