Fobbs
Fobbs v. Wilson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM B. FOBBS, Case No. 17-cv-03901-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR
v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES
FRANK KENDALL, Re: Dkt. No. 73 Defendant.
12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff William Fobbs accepted an offer of judgment under Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that Defendant the Secretary of the Air Force (the “Secretary”) served on May 4, 2021. That accepted offer included “reasonable attorneys’ fees to the date of this offer in an amount to be determined by the Court.” Dkt. 68-1 ¶ 3. Fobbs now moves for attorneys’ fees. The Court held a hearing on October 15, 2021. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.1 II. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History Fobbs brought this action in 2017 asserting claims for discrimination based on race and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in his work as a civilian police officer for…