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TURNER v. SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE

No. 89-3852.

944 F.2d 804 (1991)

William C. TURNER, et al., Plaintiffs, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Plaintiff-Appellee, Section IX and X Objectors to Consent Judgment, Plaintiff-Appellee, Thomas I. Atkins, Movant-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF the AIR FORCE, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas I. Atkins, pro se.

Joyce H. Knox, Judith G. Eagle, Everald Thompson, Baltimore, Md., for N.A.A.C.P.

Julian A. Harris, Jr., Law Office of Julian A. Harris, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., for amicus curiae: Section IX & X Objectors.

Lori M. Beranek, Michael Jay Singer, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae: Secretary of Air Force.

Before FAY and COX, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Attorney Thomas I. Atkins challenges the attorneys' fees award in this Title VII case. He argues that the district court improperly modified the award under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 to grant fees to the NAACP, and that the district court erred when it awarded attorneys' fees to Atkins at a lower hourly rate than he requested. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.

BACKGROUND

In 1976, plaintiffs filed a class action...

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