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201886P.pdf   11/16/2021  M.B.  v.  Jennifer Tidball
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1886
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Loken and Wollman, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Attorney fees. Four organizations brought this suit alleging 
   Missouri's foster care system had inadequate safeguards against the use of 
   psychotropic drugs; the parties settled the matter, and plaintiffs sought 
   nearly $3.9 million in attorney fees; the district court awarded them $3.2 
   million, and defendants appealed, asserting the district court abused its 
   discretion by declining to impose an even greater reduction. Held: the 
   district court properly placed the burden of proof on plaintiffs, and it 
   did not abuse its discretion in making the award.