• Former state Sen. Justine Wadsack dropped her civil rights claim against Tucson • Tucson attorney Joseph Williams seeks $7,838 in legal fees for time spent in preparation • Wadsack failed to show up to one of her hearings

She may have dropped her civil rights claim against Tucson, but an attorney for the city is still arguing that former state Sen. Justine Wadsack shouldn’t be excused from paying her share of the costs to prepare her case — especially as she was a no-show at one of the hearings.

In new filings, Joseph Williams tells U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps that lawyers with his firm spent time and effort preparing arguments to face off against Wadsack. Williams said it took more than nine hours of legal work preparing motions before the case was tossed. With those

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