Opinion ID: 772649
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Heading: Time Attributed to the Michel Claim

Text: 6 Ferland asked to be reimbursed for 290 hours of attorney time. The district court reduced this figure to 261. 2 hours by eliminating time that it attributed to Ferland's failed claim against Michel.2 Ferland does not challenge the district court's authority to eliminate time spent on the claim against Michel, but does maintain that the district court clearly erred in some of its calculations regarding those claims. We agree. 7 First, the district court discounted time entries for preparation of a response to a Counter Motion for Summary Judgment on October 14, 17, 18 and 19, 1998. Because only CCC filed such a motion, the district court erred when it attributed part of that time to the claim against Michel and reduced the time by half. Second, the district court eliminated all hours Ferland's counsel spent preparing for and taking Michel's deposition. Since Michel was a witness in Ferland's case against CCC, the district court erred by not allowing attorneys' fees for at least some of that time. 8 We therefore remand this issue to the district court so that it may recalculate the hours attributable to Michel and CCC. See Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 436-37 (1983).