Does a district court have authority to make across the board reductions in the number of hours claimed in an hour-by-hour analysis of a fee application?
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The following excerpt is from Harville v. Yacht Contessa, 988 F.2d 119 (9th Cir. 1993):
In a case involving a voluminous fee application, the district court is not required to set forth an hour-by-hour analysis of the fee request, but instead has the authority to make across the board percentage cuts in the number of hours claimed as "a practical means of trimming the fat from a fee application." Gates v. Deukmejian, 977 F.2d 1300, 1307 (9th Cir.1992) (citation omitted).
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