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132653P.pdf 08/21/2014 John Miller v. Kevin Dugan
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2653
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Murphy and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil procedure. In a case where plaintiff accepted the
defendants' offer of judgment under Rule 68, any pre-judgment interest
plaintiff may have been entitled to on his state law tort claims was
encompassed in the judgment; no error in ruling on plaintiff's motion for
attorney's fees without a hearing; the amount awarded for attorney's fees
was not unreasonable; in setting an hourly rate for counsel, the district
court did not abuse its discretion by looking to the prevailing market
rate for civil rights litigation in the Fort Smith area; no abuse of
discretion in declining to award fees for various categories of work.