context: . In one area--work on the fee petition--the district court elected not to quantify hours reasonably spent, but assigned a flat dollar figure instead ($5000). The court offered clear, pointed findings to underbrace this determination.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 712 F.2d 1507, 1507
citation_a.parenthetical: "task of organizing facts or researching and presenting legal precedents has to be more demanding than documenting what a lawyer did and why he or she did it"
citation_a.sentence: MDC IV, supra, at 11. Given the fact that we have regularly encouraged district courts to use lower rates for such drudge work, e.g., Gabriele, 712 F.2d at 1507 ("task of organizing facts or researching and presenting legal precedents has to be more demanding than documenting what a lawyer did and why he or she did it”), we deem this ruling—which equates to allowing approximately 70 hours as time reasonably spent and valuing the time at a rate of roughly $70 per hour—supportable.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 825 F.2d 563, 563
citation_b.parenthetical: approving $60/hr rate for work on fee petition, as contrasted to $90/hr rate for other work by same attorney
citation_b.sentence: See Jacobs, 825 F.2d at 563 (approving $60/hr rate for work on fee petition, as contrasted to $90/hr rate for other work by same attorney); Gabriele, 712 F.2d at 1507 (similar).