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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 16, 2022

Judge hikes fees for attorneys of ex-San Diego prosecutor

Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright said the city must pay plaintiffs’ attorneys $1.75 million. He dismissed a 2.0 multiplier suggestion that could have doubled to $3.2 million.

A San Diego County judge reinstated some of the hours he had deducted before awarding $1.6 million in fees to the attorneys who represented a former city prosecutor who won her wrongful dismissal case.

Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright ruled the city now must pay $1.75 million. The decision came late Thursday, right after his dismissal of a 2.0 multiplier suggested by the plaintiff’s attorney that could have doubled to $3.2 million.

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