What is the range of hours claimed by a plaintiff in a personal injury case?

The district court also reduced the hours claimed by over forty percent. Again, the law governing this analysis is well established. The fee applicant bears the burden of documenting the appropriate hours expended in the litigation and must submit evidence in support of those hours worked. Gates, 987 F.2d at 1397. The district court ... should exclude from this initial fee calculation hours that were not reasonably expended. Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983) (internal quotation marks omitted). Hours not reasonably expended

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are those that are excessive, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary. Id.