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KYLES v. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

Civ. A. No. 83-3115.

604 F.Supp. 426 (1985)

Christine KYLES, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Corrected March 6 and March 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel P. Bennett, P.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Joseph E. DiGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, Deborah A. Robinson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., for defendant; Gail Cummings, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

This is another "`second major litigation'"1 in the "unnecessary volume of attorney fee disputes"2 deriving from

the policy of the United States Attorney in this District to settle fee applications without a contest in court only when counsel accept rates not in excess of $75 per hour for partners and $60 per hour for associates.

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