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MONTANEZ v. SIMON

No. 13-1692.

755 F.3d 547 (2014)

Andy MONTANEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph SIMON, Vincent Fico, and City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan Shiller , Shiller Preyar, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Decelles , City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Andy Montanez won a small jury verdict — just $2,000 — in this straightforward excessive-force case against two Chicago police officers, but his lawyers racked up enormous legal fees during the course of the litigation. Invoking the fee-shifting statute applicable in civil-rights cases, 42 U.S.C. § 1988(d), they submitted a request for more than $400,000 in fees, but the district court awarded only a fraction of that amount...

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