Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 13, 2004, 03-2818 (Abraham v. Sonii and Rufus Jones v. General Electric Company)

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This employment-discrimination case was settled in October 2000, at a time when it was widely believed that settlement made the plaintiff a “prevailing party” entitled to attorneys’ fees. Seven months later,

Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources,

532 U.S. 598, 121 S.Ct. 1835, 149 L.Ed.