DIAZ v. JITEN HOTEL MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 11-2400.

704 F.3d 150 (2012)

Carmen Llerena DIAZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. JITEN HOTEL MANAGEMENT, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn A. Leonard , for Appellant.

Ryan C. Siden , for Appellee.

Jonathan J. Margolis , Ellen J. Messing , and James S. Weliky , on brief for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.

Anne L. Josephson and Sarah Wunsch , on brief for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and the National Police Accountability Project, Amici Curiae.

Before Boudin, Hawkins and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Carmen Diaz ("Diaz"), after obtaining a jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $7,650 on one of six claims raised in her complaint, sought attorney's fees of $139,622 and $13,389.34 in costs. The district court awarded $25,000 in fees and $9,434.74 in costs. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Beginning in 1985, Diaz worked as a housekeeper at a hotel in Dorchester, which was...

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