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LEVITT v. BROOKS

Docket No. 11-1233.

669 F.3d 100 (2012)

Richard Ware LEVITT, Esq., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David H. BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Goodman , Garvey Schubert Barer , New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dean M. Solomon ( Richard Ware Levitt , on the brief), Levitt & Kaizer, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: B.D. PARKER, WESLEY, LOHIER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant David H. Brooks appeals from a judgment of the district court granting Richard Ware Levitt's motion to compel outstanding attorneys' fees owed to Levitt by Brooks in connection with Levitt's representation of Brooks in a federal criminal proceeding. We hold that ancillary jurisdiction existed over the fee dispute and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in exercising that jurisdiction. We also hold that Brooks forfeited many of...

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