Opinion ID: 510975
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Heading: Hourly Rate for the Government Attorney

Text: 48 A number of courts have concluded that the hourly rate properly charged for the time of a government attorney is the  'amount to which attorneys of like skill in the area would typically be entitled for a given type of work on the basis of an hourly rate of compensation.'  United States v. Kirksey, 639 F.Supp. 634, 637-38 (S.D.N.Y.1986) ($100 per hour reasonable for experienced U.S. attorney in 1982) (quoting City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corp., 495 F.2d 448, 471 (2d Cir.1974)); Hamer v. Lake County, 819 F.2d 1362, 1365 n. 9 (7th Cir.1987) ($85 per hour reasonable for state's attorney). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by awarding the government's attorney $100 per hour as a reasonable attorney's fee, in view of the Assistant U.S. Attorney's experience. See supra note 9.