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B-191802 1 (1978-05-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtoi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFIC -) tolWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 '<L J. OFFIC OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-192$02 Mr. Abu W. Sibal i r - General Counsel Equal fployment Opportunity WashIngton D.C. 20506 Dear Mr. Slbal: We refer to your letter of April 26, 1978 (Re: File Z-2796944, In the Matter of ), requestiug that the Comptroll General certify for payment under the provisions of 31 U.S.C. § 724a, a compromise settlement in the amount of $4,500 for attorneys' fees agreed upon beten EEOC a4 I p t plaintiff, in an action brought under title VIl- the Civil Rights AMt of L64, as amended, _ v__ No. C-75-1085A (N.D.CA.). The facts and *ircumstances leading up to this proposed settlement are as follows: 0 a grade GS-13 attorney stationed in EEOC's Atlanta. Georgia Regioual Office, filed suit as indicated in the above-captioned action against the EEOC in 1975, alleging discrimination. EEOC entmred into A consent decree with * Subsequentlv two other attoreys were promoted to grade GS-14 positions in office. Thereupon, he brought a contempt action, vhich the District Court sus- tained and found that EE3C in its promotiou selection process had failed- to credit with the constructive experience to which he vas entitled under the consent decree. By order 44ted October 26, 1977k the District Court required EEOC to promote to grade GS-14 retroactively to October 24, 1976, and awarded him attorneys' fees pur- suant to 42 U.S.C. § 20OOe-5(k)i or legal services performed on his behalf through July 7, 1977., In its Order, the Court further stated: Because of the pendency of an appeal. from the Court's order denying motions to intervene filed by . . . _ and the Court €pressly re- serves for future consideration all issues regarding Plaintiff's entitlement to attorney's feas for legal services readered in conuection vith the post-trial motions filed by and and their mulng appeals. Also reserved for future considera- tion Is Plaintiff's entitlement to attouey's fees for As El

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