least some of the benefit he sought in bringing suit’ ”). “Put another way, a plaintiff ‘prevails’ when actual relief on the merits of his claim materially alters the legal relationship between the parties by modifying the defendant’s behavior in a way that directly benefits the plaintiff.” Gay Officers Action League v. Puerto Rico, 247 F.3d at 293. The judgment awards plaintiff $15,000 thereby achieving a change in defendant’s behavior toward plaintiff by requiring defendant to pay a not insignificant sum of money. By recovering the $15,000 award, plaintiff succeeded on an important issue, to wit, the payment of $15,000 in monetary damages thereby achieving a portion of the benefits he sought in filing suit. See Rhodes v. Stewart, 488 U.S. 1, 3-4, 109 S.Ct. 202, 102 L.Ed.2d 1 (1988) (<HOLDING>). Although plaintiff did not receive all of the
recognizing that a judgement that produces a payment of damages  affects the behavior of the defendant towards the plaintiff holding that a plaintiff can seek statutory damages even in the absence of actual damages holding that a plaintiff could recover actual damages under the tcpa for loss of credit if the plaintiff submitted sufficient proof of the amount damages requested holding that a paywhenpaid clause does not preclude a subcontractors recovery under the miller act payment bond because the federal legislation conditions payment of the subcontractor not on payment by the government to the contractor but rather on the passage of time from completion of the work or provision of materials holding that the term reverse payment is not limited to a cash payment