John Ho v. Frederick Russi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 19 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN HO, an individual, No. 20-55915

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:20-cv-00446-DOC-DFM v.

FREDERICK RUSSI, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 6, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, BADE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

John Ho appeals the district court’s partial fee award totaling $540,1 roughly

14 percent of the requested $3,960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291

and conclude that the district court erred because it failed to adequately explain how

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 Ho claims to have received only $500 in attorney’s fees in his brief before the court. Because the district court’s order awarded $540, we use that number. it arrived at the reduced…