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But cf. Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, at 413 , (1979) (appeal held moot despite fact that appellant filed immediate request for stay of injunction pending appeal, which was never acted on by district court). .

But cf. Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411 (3d Cir. 1979) (appeal from adjudication of violation of due process rights became moot after the hearing was held pursuant to district court's injunction, despite appellant's attempt to stay injunction and despite court's award of attorney's fees against appellant; collateral consequence of trial court order award of attorney's fees could not be eliminated by reversing the case on the merits, since the standard for award of attorney's fee…

Va. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., 532 U.S. 598, 603-05 (2001) (requiring “judicial imprimatur” on the change in the parties’ legal relationship to justify an award of fees); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F. 2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979) (“[A] plaintiff is a 5 ‘prevailing party’ . . . if he essentially succeeds in obtaining the relief he seeks in his claims on the merits.”).

State Dep’t of Educ., 644 F.3d 134 , 138–39, 139 n.4 (2d Cir. 2011); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979); Amawi v. Paxton, 48 F.4th 412, 417 (5th Cir. 2022); Case: 25-1755 Document: 28 Page: 6 Filed: 02/27/2026 6 NEAL v. DVA Green Party of Tenn. v. Hargett, 767 F.3d 533, 552 (6th Cir. 2014); Libertarian Party of Ark. v. Martin, 876 F.3d 948, 952 (8th Cir. 2017); Jacksonville Prop.

Having sought and “having been afforded a due process hearing, [Augustyn] ‘accomplished the 12 objective[] of her litigation’” before the District Court in its entirety, irrespective of how the underlying claim would be resolved.7 H.E., 873 F.3d at 413 (quoting Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979)).

Having sought and “having been afforded a due process hearing, [Augustyn] ‘accomplished the 12 objective[] of her litigation’” before the District Court in its entirety, irrespective of how the underlying claim would be resolved.7 H.E., 873 F.3d at 413 (quoting Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979)).

The district court may still determine whether the plaintiffs were the prevailing party and award attorney’s fees without regard to whether or not its issuance of the injunctions was ultimately correct in our eyes.” (internal citation omitted)); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3rd Cir. 1979) (“Appellants’ theory is that the district court erred in holding for appellee on her due process claims and that therefore she is not a ‘prevailing party’ within the meaning of § 1988.

Cir. 1986); -4- Case No. 20-6618, Thomas, et al v. Haslam, et al, Williams v. Alioto, 625 F.2d 845 , 847–48 (9th Cir. 1980); Doe v. Marshall, 622 F.2d 118, 120 (5th Cir. 1980); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979).

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 416 (3d Cir. 1979); Institutionalized Juveniles v. Sec’y of Pub.

Medical Center, Inc., 689 F.2d 1161 , 1167 (3d Cir.1982) (citing Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979))}, cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1052 (1983)).

We explained that parents who “prevailed] with respect to their procedural right to reimbursement under the IDEA’S ‘stay put’ provision,” even if they “did not succeed with respect to their request for a permanent private school placement,” nonetheless obtained “a victory ‘on the merits’ that conferred ‘prevailing party5 status.” Id. at 225-26 . 5 Similarly, years earlier in Bagby, we considered a plaintiff who had brought a procedural due process claim under 42 U.S.C. § 198…

Bagby, 606 F.2d at 415.

The majority of federal circuit courts have held that, where a party is entitled to a statutory award of fees, “the time expended by attorneys in obtaining a reasonable fee is justifiably included in . . . the court’s fee award,” including both the “time spent preparing the fee petition and time devoted to litigating the amount of the award at the fee hearing.” Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 416 (3d Cir. 1979) (quoting Prandini v. Nat’l Tea Co., 585 F.2d 47 , 53 (3d Cir. 1978)…

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted) (declining to reach the underlying merits where the plaintiff had obtained a hearing, a goal of her litigation which could not be undone, and therefore had achieved success supporting an attor *408 neys’ fee award).

Rights litigation and the amount of the fee award); Coen v. Harrison County School Board, 638 F.2d 24 , 27 (5th Cir.1981) (definition of "prevailing party” as used in § 1988); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3rd Cir.1979) (same, and the appropriateness of the fee award in that case).

Dahlem v. Bd. of Educ., 901 F.2d 1508, 1512 (10th Cir.1990) (stating that once case becomes moot, review does not involve considering whether district court correctly decided the merits); Palmer v. City of Chicago, 806 F.2d 1316, 1321 (7th Cir.1986) (assuming, but not deciding, that a plaintiff who obtains some relief can obtain fees, even if the case becomes moot.); Bishop v. Comm. on Prof'l Ethics and Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278, 1290 (8th Cir.1982) (stating that where case has…

Dahlem v. Bd. of Educ., 901 F.2d 1508 , 1512 (10th Cir. 1990) (stating that once case becomes moot, review does not involve considering whether district court correctly decided the merits); Palmer v. City of Chicago, 806 F.2d 1316, 1321 (7th Cir. 1986) (assuming, but not deciding, that a plaintiff who obtains some relief can obtain fees, even if the case becomes moot.); Bishop v. Comm. on Prof’l Ethics and Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278, 1290 (8th Cir. 1982) (stating that where case…

Dahlem v. Bd. of Educ., 901 F.2d 1508 , 1512 (10th Cir. 1990) (stating that once case becomes moot, review does not involve considering whether district court correctly decided the merits); Palmer v. City of Chicago, 806 F.2d 1316, 1321 (7th Cir. 1986) (assuming, but not deciding, that a plaintiff who obtains some relief can obtain fees, even if the case becomes moot.); Bishop v. Comm. on Prof’l Ethics and Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278, 1290 (8th Cir. 1982) (stating that where case…

Dahlem v. Bd. of Educ., 901 F.2d 1508, 1512 (10th Cir.1990) (stating that once case becomes moot, review does not involve considering whether district court correctly decided the merits); Palmer v. City of Chicago, 806 F.2d 1316, 1321 (7th Cir.1986) (assuming, but not deciding, that a plaintiff who obtains some relief can obtain fees, even if the case becomes moot.); Bishop v. Comm. on Prof'l Ethics and Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278, 1290 (8th Cir.1982) (stating that where case has…

See, e.g., Johnson v. Mississippi, 606 F.2d 635, 637-38 (5th Cir.1979); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415-16 (3d Cir.1979); Gagne v. Maher, 594 F.2d 336, 344 (2d Cir.1979), aff'd, 448 U.S. 122 , 100 S.Ct. 2570 , 65 L.Ed.2d 653 (1980); Weisenberger v. Huecker, 593 F.2d 49, 53-54 (6th Cir.1979); Lund v. Affleck, 587 F.2d 75, 77 (1st Cir.1978). *982 Attorneys will be less likely to take civil rights cases if they know that the time spent establishing and litigating their fees wi…

United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U.S. 36, 39 , 71 S.Ct. 104 , 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir.1979).

United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U.S. 36, 39 , 71 S.Ct. 104 , 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir.1979).

Smyth v. Rivero, 282 F.3d 268 (4th Cir.2002) in light of Buckhannon Bd. and Care Home, Inc., v. West Virginia Dept. of Health, 532 U.S. 598 , 121 S.Ct. 1835 , 149 L.Ed.2d 855 (2001)); Knighton v. Watkins, 616 F.2d 795, 800 (5th Cir.1980); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415-16 (3d Cir.1979); Gagne v. Maher, 594 F.2d 336, 343-44 (2nd Cir.1979).

In Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979), we affirmed an award of attorney’s fees where the plaintiff succeeded on her due process claim for a hearing, even though she ultimately lost at that hearing, because the interim relief obtained (the hearing) remedied the violation.

In Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979), we affirmed an award of attorney’s fees where the plaintiff succeeded on her due process claim for a hearing, even though she ultimately lost at that hearing, because the interim relief obtained (the hearing) remedied the violation.

See Nadeau v. Helgemoe, 581 F.2d 275, 278-279 (1st Cir. 1978); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979); Dahlem v. Board of Educ. of Denver Pub.

In that respect the analysis in such cases as Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414-15 (3d Cir.1979) squarely supports plaintiffs’ entitlement here—and though District Court decisions do not carry prece-dential force, Doe v. Terhune, 121 F.Supp.2d 773, 778-80 (D.N.J.2000) sets out a comprehensive analysis that might well have been written for this case, awarding fees to a plaintiff in an identical situation.

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414-15 (3d.

Id. at 414 (“[the state] attempts] to make us do indirectly what we cannot do directly by arguing that we must review the merits of the case in order to determine whether the appellee is entitled to receive reasonable attorney’s fees [under § 1988]”).

Didrickson v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, 982 F.2d 1332 , 1339 n. 2 (9th Cir.1992) (holding that liability for fees is not an injury with a nexus to the substantive character of the statute at issue); S-1 v. Spangler, 832 F.2d 294 , 297 n. 1 (4th Cir.1987) (holding that a claim for attorney’s fees did not avert mootness of the underlying action on the merits); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir.1979) (holding that an attorney’s fee claim did not affect the mootness of the …

Mr. Gould requests remuneration for 7.5 hours at the rate of $230.00 an hour. *477 An attorney who is successful in obtaining an attorney fee award is entitled to compensation for the time he spent preparing a fee petition and litigating the same, “to the extent such time is reasonably necessary to obtaining a reasonable fee award.” Shadis v. Beal, 703 F.2d 71, 73 (3d Cir.1983); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 416 (3d Cir.1979).

Sugar Co. v. Nelson, 442 U.S. 92, 92 , 99 S.Ct. 2149 , 60 L.Ed.2d 735 (1979); County of Los Angeles v. Davis, 440 U.S. 625, 634 , 99 S.Ct. 1379 , 59 L.Ed.2d 642 (1979); North Carolina v. Rice, 404 U.S. 244, 245 , 92 S.Ct. 402 , 30 L.Ed.2d 413 (1971); United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 37 , 71 S.Ct. 104 , 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950); United States v. Articles of Drug Consisting of 203 Paper Bags, 818 F.2d 569, 572 (7th Cir.1987); In re Abbotts Dairies of Pa., Inc., 788 F…

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979).

See, e.g., Jones v. MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Inc., 685 F.2d 236, 239 (8th Cir.1982); Hymes v. Harnett County Bd. of Education, 664 F.2d 410, 413 (4th Cir.1981); Young v. Kenley, 641 F.2d 192, 195 (4th Cir.1981); Gurule v. Wilson, 635 F.2d 782, 792 (10th Cir.1980); Bond v. Stanton, 630 F.2d 1231, 1235 (7th Cir.1980); Love v. Mayor, Cheyenne, 620 F.2d 235, 237 (10th Cir.1980); Knighton v. Watkins, 616 F.2d 795, 801 (5th Cir.1980); Johnson v. Mississippi, 606 F.2d 635, 637…

See, e.g., Jones v. MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Inc., 685 F.2d 236, 239 (8th Cir.1982); Hymes v. Harnett County Bd. of Education, 664 F.2d 410, 413 (4th Cir.1981); Young v. Kenley, 641 F.2d 192, 195 (4th Cir.1981); Gurule v. Wilson, 635 F.2d 782, 792 (10th Cir.1980); Bond v. Stanton, 630 F.2d 1231, 1235 (7th Cir.1980); Love v. Mayor, Cheyenne, 620 F.2d 235 , 237 (10th Cir.1980); Knighton v. Watkins, 616 F.2d 795, 801 (5th Cir.1980); Johnson v. Mississippi, 606 F.2d 635, 63…

Institutionalized Juveniles, 758 F.2d 897, 924-25 (3d Cir.1985); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415-16 (3d Cir.1979); Prandini v. National Tea Co., 585 F.2d 47, 53-54 (3d Cir.1978).

We make this inquiry “without regard to whether we think the district court’s decision on the underlying merits [was] correct.” Bishop v. Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278 , 1290 (8th Cir.1982); accord, e.g., Curtis v. Taylor, 625 F.2d 645, 649 (5th Cir.), modified on other grounds and reh’g denied, 648 F.2d 946 (5th Cir.1980); Baghy v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414-15 (3d Cir.1979); Libby by Libby v. South Inter-Conference Ass’n, 728 F.Supp. 504, 506 (N.D.…

We make this inquiry "without regard to whether we think the district court's decision on the underlying merits [was] correct." Bishop v. Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct, 686 F.2d 1278 , 1290 (8th Cir.1982); accord, e.g., Curtis v. Taylor, 625 F.2d 645, 649 (5th Cir.), modified on other grounds and reh'g denied, 648 F.2d 946 (5th Cir.1980); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414-15 (3d Cir.1979); Libby by Libby v. South Inter-Conference Ass'n, 728 F.Supp. 504, 506 (N.D.…

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir. 1979).

Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979).

School for the Blind, 471 U.S. 148, 149 , 105 S.Ct. 1820, 1821 , 85 L.Ed.2d 114 (1985); Newman v. Alabama, 683 F.2d 1312, 1317 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1083 , 103 S.Ct. 1773 , 76 L.Ed.2d 346 (1983); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir.1979); see generally C.

Institutionalized Juveniles, 758 F.2d at 911 ; see also Abraham v. Pekarski, 728 F.2d 167, 175 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1242 , 104 S.Ct. 3513 , 82 L.Ed.2d 822 (1984); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979).

Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424 , 103 S.Ct. 1933 , 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983) (relationship between success in the Civil Rights litigation and the amount of the fee award); Coen v. Harrison County School Board, 638 F.2d 24 , 27 (5th Cir.1981) (definition of “prevailing party” as used in § 1988); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3rd Cir.1979) (same, and the appropriateness of the fee award in that case).

Cf. Institutionalized Juveniles, 758 F.2d at 912 (focus of the prevailing party analysis is on “the relief actually obtained”); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979) (focus is on “relief ultimately received by the plaintiff”).

Section 1988 attorney’s fees are awarded so long as the prevailing party “essentially succeeds in obtaining the relief he seeks in his claim on the merits.” Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979).

That standard, announced in Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir. 1979) , and restated in NAACP v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc., 689 F.2d 1161 , 1166 (3d Cir.1982), cert, denied, 460 U.S. 1052 , 103 S.Ct. 1499 , 75 L.Ed.2d 930 (1983), is whether the fee petitioner achieved some of the benefit sought by the party bringing the suit.

That standard, announced in Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979), and restated in NAACP v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc., 689 F.2d 1161 , 1166 (3d Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1052 , 103 S.Ct. 1499 , 75 L.Ed.2d 930 (1983), is whether the fee petitioner achieved some of the benefit sought by the party bringing the suit.

Such a victory is in no way “procedural.” See Massachusetts Fair Share v. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 776 F.2d 1066, 1068-69 (D.C.Cir.1985) (plaintiffs who obtained court order that two agencies — instead of one — had to make decision on grant were prevailing parties: “this is precisely the point that [plaintiffs] litigated, and won”); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3d Cir.1979) (fired plaintiff who succeeded in obtaining court order recognizing her due pro…

See United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U.S. 36, 39-40 , 71 S.Ct. 104, 106-07 , 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950); Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 414 (3d Cir. 1979); Kuahulu v. Employers Insurance of Wausau, 557 F.2d 1334, 1337 (9th Cir. 1977).

They have also said that the prevailing party must "`essentially succeed[] in obtaining the relief he seeks in his claims on the merits.'" Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club, 463 U.S. 680 , 103 S.Ct. 3274, 3278 , 77 L.Ed.2d 938 (1983), quoting from Bagby v. Beal, 606 F.2d 411, 415 (3rd Cir.1979).