IN RE BOND

No. 00-2770.

254 F.3d 669 (2001)

In the Matter of Sheldon BOND, Debtor. Appeal of Vicki A. Dempsey.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki A. Dempsey (argued), Dempsey Dempsey & Riggs, Hannibal, MO, for appellant.

Jeffrey D. Richardson (argued), Tietz & Richardson, Decarur, IL, for appellee and intervenor.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Vicki Dempsey represented debtors in four bankruptcy cases before Central District of Illinois courts. In each case, Dempsey requested attorney's fees in excess of $1,000, the Central District's presumptive attorney's fee limit for Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. However, the bankruptcy court found that Dempsey failed to justify fees in excess of the $1,000 limit in any of her cases, and thus limited her fee awards to $1,000 in each case. Dempsey...

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