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Bauer v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
Dec 28, 2012
CASE NO.: 8:12-cv-614-T-23TGW (M.D. Fla. Dec. 28, 2012)

Summary

reducing requested fees by 20% because claimant's time records failed to distinguish between time spent on FDCPA and TCPA claims and failed to show TCPA claims were intertwined with FDCPA claims

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Opinion

CASE NO.: 8:12-cv-614-T-23TGW

12-28-2012

DAVID BAUER, Plaintiff, v. MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC., Defendant.


ORDER

The plaintiff moves (Doc. 29) for attorney fees and costs following settlement of the plaintiff's substantive claims in this action. Magistrate Judge Thomas G. Wilson considered the matter and issued a report and recommendation (Doc. 30). The parties interject no objections. The report and recommendation (Doc. 30), which is legally and factually sound, is ADOPTED. Accordingly, the clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the amount of $16,392.00 for attorney fees and in the amount of $1,050.00 for costs.

ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on December 28, 2012.

____________________

STEVEN D. MERRYDAY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Bauer v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
Dec 28, 2012
CASE NO.: 8:12-cv-614-T-23TGW (M.D. Fla. Dec. 28, 2012)

reducing requested fees by 20% because claimant's time records failed to distinguish between time spent on FDCPA and TCPA claims and failed to show TCPA claims were intertwined with FDCPA claims

Summary of this case from Southam v. Halsted Fin. Servs., LLC
Case details for

Bauer v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.

Case Details

Full title:DAVID BAUER, Plaintiff, v. MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC., Defendant.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION

Date published: Dec 28, 2012

Citations

CASE NO.: 8:12-cv-614-T-23TGW (M.D. Fla. Dec. 28, 2012)

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