Opinion ID: 20383
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: award of attorney’s fees by the brb

Text: Finally, Appellants dispute the hourly rate at which attorney’s fees were awarded by the BRB. An award of attorney’s fees by the BRB is reversed only if it is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or not in accordance with law. See Conoco, Inc. v. Director, OWCP, 194 F. 3d 684, 688 (5th Cir. 1999). Appellants’ only support for their argument is a photocopy of an 1996 order from this court granting attorney’s fees at a rate lower than the rate at which the BRB granted fees in this case. Even were we to consider evidence outside of the record, Appellants have failed to establish that the BRB abused its discretion.