in conjunction with Best’s fee petition, this court finds that the number of hours (376.7) Best spent on these matters was excessive, and suspects that much of it was duplicative. The court therefore grants Defendants’ request to reduce the billable hours Best spent writing the Level II brief to eleven, and reduces the remaining hours by fifty percent (177.85 hours). CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, in light of all the relevant factors, the court awards Plaintiffs attorney’s fees of $46,954.75, and costs of $1970, for a total of $48,924.75. 1 . Although an appeal from its order is currently pending, this court still has jurisdiction over the issue of attorney's fees. Kusay v. United States, 62 F.3d 192, 194 (7th Cir.1995) (citing Terket v. Lund, 623 F.2d 29, 33-34 (7th Cir.1980)
holding that the mere determination that removal was improper does not require a district court to award attorneys fees holding that it is proper for a district court to considered sic the possibility that an appeal may result in the award of attorneys fees in determining the appeal bond amount holding that a court may award attorneys fees under rule 41d holding that a district court may award attorneys fees while the merits are on appeal holding trial court had no authority to award attorneys fees when arbitrator had stated he would not award attorneys fees