Jose A. Jimenez, Complainant, v. Kathleen Sebelius Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), Agency.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,035 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute
  2. Blum v. Stenson

    465 U.S. 886 (1984)   Cited 9,028 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fee shifting is “to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community, regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counsel”
  3. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    472 U.S. 1021 (1985)   Cited 280 times
    Denying risk multiplier because of dangers of conflict and inequities discussed by plurality in Delaware Valley
  4. National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense

    675 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 531 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a fee application must "contain sufficiently detailed information about the hours logged and the work done"
  5. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    746 F.2d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 468 times
    Holding that in enacting § 1988, Congress intended plaintiffs to recover wages lost during litigation
  6. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    572 F. Supp. 354 (D.D.C. 1983)   Cited 402 times
    Finding that "the relevant legal market in this action is complex employment discrimination litigation [but] that this market is subject to the same hourly rates that prevail in other complex federal litigation"
  7. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,019 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"