PÉREZ-SOSA v. GARLAND

No. 20-2083.

22 F.4th 312 (2022)

Nelson José PÉREZ-SOSA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Berkan , with whom Mary Jo Méndez and Berkan/Méndez were on brief, for appellant.

Mónica P. Folch , Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, with whom Audrey Strauss , United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, and Benjamin H. Torrance , Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron, Selya, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


Once the parties had resolved this bitter employment discrimination dispute, a secondary squabble erupted over the amount of attorneys' fees due to the prevailing party (plaintiff-appellant Nelson Pérez-Sosa). The district court reviewed detailed submissions from the parties and...

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