Manuel Christiansen, et al. v. Everglades College, Inc., No. 15-10711 (11th Cir. 2015)

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Case: 15-10711 Date Filed: 10/28/2015 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-10711 ________________________ D.C. Docket No.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. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (October 28, 2015) Case: 15-10711 Date Filed: 10/28/2015 Page: 2 of 2 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. 2

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