MORJAL v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 14-1365.

774 F.3d 419 (2014)

Peter MORJAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Torreya L. Hamilton , Attorney, Hamilton Law Office, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Suzanne M. Loose , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the district court's decision to award $2,000 in attorneys' fees to the plaintiff Peter Morjal for time spent in litigating the amount of fees due to him in his fee petition under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The defendants assert that the court's award of fees contravened the terms of the offer of judgment...

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