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BRASS v. NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 31, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-1611 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2011)

Summary

noting that counsel may not be compensated for purely administrative tasks such as mailing a letter

Summary of this case from Homer v. Law Offices of Frederic I. Weinberg & Assocs., P.C.

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-1611.

August 31, 2011


ORDER


AND NOW, this 31st day of August, 2011, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Petition for Attorney's Fees (Doc. No. 6), Defendant's Response thereto (Doc. No. 7), and the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski regarding same (Doc. No. 9), it is ORDERED that:

No Objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed.

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;
2. Plaintiff's Petition for Attorney's Fees is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, to the extent that the originally-requested amount of $5,096.50 is hereby reduced to $2,457.20; and
3. The Clerk shall close this case for all purposes, including statistics.


Summaries of

BRASS v. NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Aug 31, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-1611 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2011)

noting that counsel may not be compensated for purely administrative tasks such as mailing a letter

Summary of this case from Homer v. Law Offices of Frederic I. Weinberg & Assocs., P.C.
Case details for

BRASS v. NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Case Details

Full title:ABIGAL BRASS, Plaintiff v. NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Aug 31, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-1611 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2011)

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