Manuel Christiansen, et al. v. Everglades College, Inc.

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-10711
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D.C. Docket No. 0:12-cv-60185-WPD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
MANUEL CHRISTIANSEN,
ex rel.,
BRIAN ASHTON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
EVERGLADES COLLEGE, INC.,
d.b.a. Keiser University,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(October 28, 2015)
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Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and WALTER,*
District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
In this appeal from the award of attorney’s fees and costs to the relators, we
vacate and remand the judgment for further consideration in light of whatever
decision the district court makes regarding the proposed settlement between the
United States and Everglades College.
The action we are taking in this case does not imply anything about whether
the district court should approve the proposed settlement or what effect, if any,
approval of the proposed settlement should have on any fee award to the relators.
We are sending the case back to the district court only because, as a procedural
matter, it makes more sense to review a fee award after a decision has been made
about the proposed settlement and the district court has had an opportunity to
decide whether to modify the fee award in light of the settlement.
VACATED and REMANDED.
* Honorable Don Walter, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation.
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