What is the test for reducing the amount of attorney hours reasonably expended?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Chamberlain v. Hughes, No. 1:19-cv-00831-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2020):

2017) (A 30% reduction in the number of attorney hours reasonably expended found to be appropriate in light of insufficient billing records); Lehr v. City of Sacramento, No. 2:07-CV-01565-MCE, 2013 WL 1326546, at *11 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 2, 2013) (finding that a twenty percent reduction in the number of hours would be reasonable, given insufficient detail in the submitted billing documentation). Tallying the numbers reflected on attorney Gerber's billing records, the court calculates a total of 59.17 billable attorney hours. (See Doc. No. 26.) The court will therefore use 59.17 hours to calculate the lodestar.

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