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($20,724 + $4,985.60) = $25,709.60. That leaves a “merits fees”
lodestar of $100,011.15 ($125,720.75 - $25,709.60).
2. Jones Fee Request
a. 2000 and 2001
Jones’s time entries for 2000 and 2001 amount to 48.41
hours. We subtract 3.3 hours from that total to reflect the
adjustments discussed above that apply to 2000-2001 attorney time
entries. We then multiply the remaining 45.11 hours by the $140
rate cap in effect for 2000 and 2001 to obtain Jones’s lodestar
for this period: $6,315.40.
The paralegal time entries for 2000 and 2001 amount to 92
hours. We subtract 45.2 hours from that total to reflect the
adjustments discussed above that apply to 2000-2001 paralegal
time entries. We then multiply the remaining 46.8 hours by the
hourly paralegal rate charged by Jones ($125) to obtain the
paralegal lodestar for this period: $5,850.
b. 2002 and 2003
Jones’s time entries for 2002 and 2003 amount to 95.46
hours. We subtract 66.16 hours from that total to reflect the
adjustments discussed above that apply to 2002-2003 attorney time
entries. We then multiply the remaining 29.3 hours by the $150
rate cap in effect for 2002 and 2003 to obtain Jones’s lodestar
for this period: $4,395.
The paralegal time entries for 2002 and 2003 amount to 118.5
hours. We subtract 89.8 hours from that total to reflect the
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