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Trista JONES Plaintiff-Appellant v. RK ENTERPRISES OF BLYTHEVILLE, INC.; Jahid Rahman; Mahmuda Rahman Defendants-Appellees
    No. 16-1999
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: December 22, 2016
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Josh Sanford, Joshua L. West, Sanford Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant
    Garland Watlington, Watlington Law Firm, Jonesboro, AR, for Defendants-Ap-pellees
    Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

In this appeal following a remand, see Trista Jones v. RK Enterprises of Blytheville, Inc., 632 Fed.Appx. 306 (8th Cir. 2016) (unpublished per curiam), Trista Jones appeals from an order of the district court granting a reduced award of attorney’s fees. We conclude the district court properly determined the attorney’s fee award in accordance with the lodestar approach and Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 433-34, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983). We also conclude the court was within its discretion in reducing the award based on the limited success achieved. See H.J. Inc. v. Flygt Corp., 925 F.2d 257, 260-61 (8th Cir. 1991). Finally, Jones is not entitled to fees for this appeal as she is not a prevailing party. Cf. 8th Cir. R. 47C.

The judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 
      
      . The Honorable Billy Roy Wilson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.