Opinion
Civil Action 3:20-cv-043-GHD-JMV
10-27-2021
LATOYA HARRIS, PLAINTIFF, v. MEDICAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., DEFENDANT.
JUDGMENT GRANTING SANCTIONS AGAINST ATTORNEY JACOB RICHARD BURNS PURSUANT TO ORDER OF MAY 25, 2021
This cause came on to be heard upon the Motion of Defendant Medical Financial Services, Inc. to Approve Amount of Attorney Fees and Costs to be Awarded as Sanctions Against Attorney Jacob Richard Burns Pursuant to Order of May 25, 2021 [54]. Based upon the Record herein, the Court finds said Motion to be well-taken. The Court notes that in their Motion the Defendant sought an award of $24,975.00, equaling the amount of attorney fees and costs charged to their client in this case up to the end of May 2021, However, the Court's Opinion [46] and Order [47] in this matter only extends to actions taken up to and including the date of the publication of said Opinion and Order, i.e. May 25, 2021. Therefore, the final line item in the evidentiary billing statements provided by the Defendant [54-2, at 21] should be discounted from the total amount of sanctions, as it relates to actions undertaken on May 31, 2021. Thus, the Court awards $24,912, 50, rather than $24,975.00, to the Defendant as sanctions against Attorney Jacob Richard Burns for his failure to participate in this proceedings and his effective disappearance from this case after November 10, 2020.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Judgment is hereby entered in favor of Medical Financial Services, Inc. and against Jacob Richard Burns, Esq. in the amount of $24,912.50, SO ORDERED.