The following excerpt is from Perfect 10, Inc. v. Giganews, Inc., 847 F.3d 657 (9th Cir. 2017):
on the case, those records are not dispositive," and "[a court] has the discretion not to rely on them." Gonzalez v. City of Maywood , 729 F.3d 1196, 1202 (9th Cir. 2013). The district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the hours Perfect 10 spent litigating the case were not a good barometer of whether Appellees' billed hours were reasonable, nor did it abuse its discretion by finding that there was no basis to impose a 50 percent across-the-board cut.
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the district court's fee award.
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