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GONZALEZ v. CITY OF MAYWOOD

No. 11-56594.

729 F.3d 1196 (2013)

Martin GONZALEZ, Sr.; Martin Gonzalez, Jr.; Jose Gonzalez; Martha Hernandez; Krystal Hernandez; Monique Paniagua; Jose Quinones; Jesse Castro; Jose Molina; Vanessa Garcia; Shannon Board; Manuel Herrera; Humberto Herrera; Gerardina Herrera; Freddie Barajas; Marvin Tejeda; Jesus Jimenez; Eder Jimenez; Jordan Payan; Pablo Camarillo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MAYWOOD; Maywood-Cudahy Police Department; Bruce Leflar; Paul Pine; Cunningham, Officer; Florez, Officer; West, Officer; Viscarra, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hoffman (argued) and Catherine Sweetser , Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris, Hoffman & Harrison, LLP, Venice, California; Cynthia Anderson-Barker , Law Office of Cynthia Anderson-Barker, Los Angeles, California; Robert Mann and Donald W. Cook , Attorneys at Law, Los Angeles, California; Ellen Hammill Ellison , Law Office of Ellen Hammill Ellison, Los Angeles, California; Olu K. Orange , Orange Law Offices, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard A. Semon (argued) and Lee A. Wood , The Aguilera Law Group, APLC, Costa Mesa, California, for Defendants-Appellees City of Maywood, et al.

Brian P. Keighron (argued), Wisotsky, Procter & Shyer, Oxnard, California, for Defendants-Appellees Cunningham and Muriello.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SHARON L. GLEASON, District Judge.

OPINION

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

42 U.S.C. § 1988 authorizes district courts to award the prevailing party in civil rights litigation a "reasonable attorney's fee." Several important principles bear on the district court's determination of a reasonable fee amount. First, the court must compute the fee award using an hourly rate that is based on the "prevailing market rates in the relevant community." Dang v. Cross, 422 F.3d...

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