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The United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of January 9, 2023 [update], the United States attorney is Markenzy Lapointe. The United States Attorney's office has a staff of approximately 233 assistant United States attorneys and 227 support personnel.
In the United States, "court costs" (such as filing fees, copying and postage) are differentiated from attorney's fees, which are the hourly rates paid to attorneys for their work in a case. Court costs can reach very high amounts, often far beyond the actual monetary worth of a case. Cases are known in which one party won the case, but lost ...
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Port Huron, taken August 2003. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E.D. Mich.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of the State of Michigan. The Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also ...
The 25th District Court was established on December 1, 1977, replacing the Lincoln Park Municipal Court. [23] The 26th District Court commenced operations on December 1, 1979, with the consolidation of the Ecorse and River Rouge Municipal Courts [24] and merged with the 25th District Court effective April 1, 2012 [25] 27th District Court
The United States District Court for the District of Michigan was established on July 1, 1836, by 5 Stat. 61, with a single judgeship. [2] The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts , except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the ...
From the late 1970s to November 12, 2013, the Circuit Court 30th District (Ingham County, home to the capital) acted as the state's courts of claim. [7] Federal courts located in Michigan. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [8] United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan [9]
The applicant for EAJA fees has the burden of proving that the fees requested are reasonable. See Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437 (1983) (although Hensley dealt with attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the standards which it sets out are applicable generally to attorney's fee cases); Ruckelshaus v.
The Fulton County school district is the only non-contiguous school district in the state, having a 17-mile (27 km) separation (Atlanta Public Schools) between the north and south. As of the 2012–2013 school year, Fulton has 11,500 full-time employees, including 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel, who work in 99 schools and 15 ...