ZIMMERMAN v. CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS

No. 19-50857.

969 F.3d 564 (2020)

Donald ZIMMERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. , Austin M.B. Whatley , Najvar Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Renea Hicks , Law Office of Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, Anne L. Morgan , City of Austin Law Department, Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Dennis, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff challenges the denial of his request for attorneys' fees incurred at trial and during the first appeal to this court. The defendant argues that the district court had no subject-matter jurisdiction over the fee request and, in the alternative, that the district court properly denied the request....

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