Opinion ID: 739933
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Heading: Reasonableness of Attorneys' Fees Awarded

Text: 47 On cross-appeal, the subcontractor challenges the magistrate judge's award of attorneys' fees to the surety pursuant to the performance bond. The subcontractor made no objections to the amount of the surety's attorneys' fees before the magistrate judge, see generally Dist. Ct. Doc., but now contends that the magistrate judge failed to determine the reasonableness of the surety's attorneys' fees. We review the magistrate judge's decision to award attorneys' fees for abuse of discretion and its factual findings control unless they are clearly erroneous. See Pinkham v. Camex, Inc., 84 F.3d 292, 294 (8th Cir.1996). The amount of an award of attorney's fees rests within the sound discretion of the court and we will not disturb it absent clear abuse of that discretion. Litton Microwave Cooking Products v. Leviton Mfg. Co., 15 F.3d 790, 796 (8th Cir.1994). Assuming, arguendo, that the subcontractor preserved its objection to the amount of the surety's attorneys' fees, it failed to demonstrate that the magistrate judge abused his discretion. Thus, we affirm the magistrate judge's award of attorneys' fees in favor of the surety. 48