What is the reasonable hourly rate for an out-of-forum lawyer?
The following excerpt is from Cal. Sportfishing Prot. Alliance v. Chico Scrap M, Corp., No. 2:10-cv-01207-GEB-AC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
The reasonable hourly rate is "calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant legal community, [Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 895 (1984)], and the general rule is that the rates of attorneys practicing in the forum district, here the Eastern District of California-Sacramento, are used." Gates v. Deukmejian, 987 F.2d 1392, 1405 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation omitted). However, out-of-forum "rates . . . may be employed if [Sacramento] counsel was unavailable, either because they are unwilling or unable to perform because they lack the
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