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o rju d ic ia l n o tic e is d e n ie d a s m o o t. 1 2 T h e C i ty o f L o s A n g el es ap p eal s th e d i stri ctco u rt ’ s o rd er g ran t i n g p l ai n t i ffs’ r e q u e s tf o ra tt o rn e y s ’ f

e e s u n d e rth e Eq u a l A c c e s s t o J u s t i c e A c t , 4 2 U . S. C. § 1 98 8, and C al i forni a C od e of C i vi l P roce du re § 1 02 1. 5. T he di stri ctcourt c o n c lu d e d th a t p la in tif

f s a r e “th e p r e v a ilin g p a rty ” u n d e rb o th s ta tu te s , b u t f a ile d to s e t f o rth a n yr e a s o n s u n d e r ly in g its c o n c lu s io n . See B u ckh a n n o n B d. & Ca re H o m e, In c. v. W

. V a . D ep ’t o f H ea l th & H

u m a n R es. , 532 U . S . 598, 605 ( 2001) . N o rd idth e d is tr ic t c o u rt e x p la in h o w th e a w a r d w a s c a lc u la te d , i . e. , “ w hatnu m ber of ho urs w er e bei ng com pensat ed and w hatho url y r at e w as appl i ed. ” Cha lm er s v . L os A ng eles , 7 9 6 F .2 d 1 2 0 5 , 1 2 1 3 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 6 ) . M o r e o v e r , th e o r d e ris i n t e rn a l l yi n c o n s i s t e n ta s t o w h e th e ramu l t i p l i e rw a s u s e d , a n d i tap p e a r s th a ts o me n o n c o m p e n s ab le h o u r s m a yh a v e b e e n in c lu d e d . B e c aus e the di s tr i c tc ourtf a i l e d t o pr ovi de ar e a s one d ba s i s f ori t s de c i s i on, w e a r e unabl e t o e nga ge i n am e a ni ngf ul r e vi e w of

e i the rthe ba s i s f

orthe a w a r d or the aw ar d i t se l f. See H en sley v. E ckh a rt , 461 U . S . 424, 437–40 ( 1983) (w here 1 m e a ni ngf

ul appe l l a t e r e vi e w i s notpos s i bl e , r e m a nd f oraf ul l e re xpl a na t i on of

the fe e aw ar d i s app ropri at e) ; T utor-Sal i ba C orp. v. C i t y of H ai ley , 452 F . 3d 1055, 1 0 6 5 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 6 ) ( w h e r e th e r e is n o r e a s o n in g to s u p p o rt af e e a w a r d , “it is si m pl y notpo ss i bl e f

or thi s c ou rtt o revi ew [the] aw ar d i n a m eani ng ful m anner”3

( c ita tio n o m itte d ) ) ; Ch a lm ers , 796 F . 2d a t1213 ( f i ndi ng a n or de rgr a nt i ng a tt orne y s ’ f

e e s i ns uf f i c i e ntbe c aus e i tf

a i l e d t o pr ovi de “ a n a de qua t e e xpl a na t i on of th e r e a s o n s f

o r[ th e ] a w a r d a n d th e m a n n e rin w h ic h th a t a w a r d w a s d e te rm in e d ” ) . T here fore , w e r ever se the aw ar d o f a tt orneys ’ fe es and rem and for further pr oc e e di ngs c ons i s t e nthe r e w i th. RE V E RS E D a n d RE MAND E D.