No. 22-517

Jenna Dickenson v. Charles T. Johnson, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: attorney-fees common-fund equitable-fund johnson-factors judicial-discretion lodestar-method percentage-fee percentage-of-fund perdue-v-kenny
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14 (distributed 3 times)
Related Cases: 22-389 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether district courts may be required to use the inherently subjective and effectively unreviewable Johnson factors to determine common-fund fee awards despite Perdue's rejection of the Johnson-factors approach.

2. Whether district courts may be required to calculate common-fund attorney's fees only as a percentage of the fund, or may instead award fees based on the attorney's lodestar as is permitted by Courts of Appeals other than the Eleventh Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit.

3. Whether the Court of Appeals may mandate that district courts adopt a 25% "benchmark" for percent-of-fund attorney's fee awards.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether district courts may be required to use the inherently subjective and effectively unreviewable Johnson factors to determine common-fund fee awards despite Perdue's rejection of the Johnson-factors approach

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-13
Rescheduled.
2023-03-03
2023-03-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-13
2023-01-18
Response Requested. (Due February 17, 2023)
2023-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-12-09
Waiver of right of respondent Charles Johnson to respond filed.
2022-12-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 4, 2023)
2022-10-26
Application (22A343) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 1, 2022.
2022-10-21
Application (22A343) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 22, 2022 to December 21, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Charles Johnson
Ashley Conrad KellerKeller Postman LLC, Respondent
Jenna Dickenson
Eric Alan IsaacsonLaw Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, Petitioner