Court Opinion

ID: 2797642
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-04-30 14:00:53.652077+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:24:34.306834
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM:
 

  We can assume
  
   arguendo
  
  that, pursuant to the mandate of the prior appeal in this case, the only appropriate award of attorney’s fees would reflect that work which “was reasonably related to, and reasonably contributed to, the success achieved — i.e., the grant of the injunction pending appeal.” Although it is possible that the district court awarded some additional fees, that is not clear to us. Assuming
  
   arguendo
  
  that there may have been some error in that regard, Appellants have failed in their initial brief on appeal to identify specific portions of the fee award which would thus constitute error. Broad categories identified by Appellants — e.g., discovery — are not sufficient identification, because Appellants fail to explain how or why such categories, or any particular parts thereof, were unrelated to and did not contribute to the success achieved. Similarly, with respect to Appellants’ challenge to fees for work performed after the injunction pending appeal was granted, Appellees would be entitled to fees for work reasonably related to sustaining the injunction which had been obtained. In addition, Appellees would be entitled to fees for work entailed in reasonably calcu-
   
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  latíng, seeking, and defending an award of attorney’s fees. Appellants’ brief on appeal does not identify any portion of the fee award unrelated to such work. Nor does Appellants’ brief explain why the fees the district court awarded for the Appel-lee’s work was unreasonable.
 

  We cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion with respect to the hourly rates. We reject Appellants’ argument that Appellees abandoned their claim for $1283.00 in non-taxable district court costs.
 

  For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is
 

  AFFIRMED.