petition. See 11 U.S.C. §§ 503(b)(3)(A); 503(b)(4): Subsection (b)(4) specifically allows compensation for services rendered by a creditor’s attorney, and sets forth compensation standards that mirror those governing fee awards for debtors’ attorneys under Section 330(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The statute is silent regarding expenses incurred by a creditor in appealing or defending a lower court’s award or denial of fees. However, we do not find, as respondents urge us to, that statutory silence forecloses a fee award here. Along with other circuits, we have granted compensation for litigation over a fee award under fee shifting statutes even when those statutes did not expressly allow for it. See, e.g., Southeast Legal Defense Group v. Adams, 657 F.2d 1118, 1126 (9th Cir.1981) (<HOLDING>) (relying on Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678,
holding that a plaintiff who prevailed on a 42 usc  1983 claim was entitled to an award of attorneys fees incurred on appeal holding that 42 usc  1988 authorizes the grant of attorneys fees for services on appeal though statute does not specifically so provide recognizing absolute immunity to suits under 42 usc  1988 holding that a case awarding fees under 42 usc  1988 has no application in a private claim for attorneys fees sounding in mississippi contract law holding defendant may receive only the portion of his fees under 42 usc  1988 that he would not have paid but for the frivolous claim