Opinion
Civil Action 4:21-cv-00540-O
02-10-2023
ISSAM ABDALLAH and ABDERRAOUF ALKHAWALDEH, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Reed O'Connor, Judge.
The United States Magistrate Judge made Findings, Conclusions, and a Recommendation in this case. No objections were filed, and the Magistrate Judge's Recommendation is ripe for review. The District Judge reviewed the proposed Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation for plain error. Finding none, the undersigned District Judge believes that the Findings and Conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and they are accepted as the Findings and Conclusions of the Court.
Based on the foregoing, the Court ORDERS that (1) the Mesa Defendants' Motion for Award of Attorney's Fees and Expert Fees (ECF No. 110) be PARTIALLY DENIED in that the Mesa Defendants are not entitled to recover any attorney's fees and PARTIALLY GRANTED in that the Mesa Defendants are entitled to recover $2,841.67 in expert expenses pursuant to Rule 26(b)(4)(E); (2) the Plaintiffs' objections to the Mesa Defendants' Bill of Costs (ECF No. 108) regarding the copy expenses and costs for the written transcripts of the depositions be OVERRULED and Plaintiffs' objections to the Mesa Defendants' Bill of Costs regarding the video transcripts of the depositions of both Plaintiffs and the Complaining Passenger be SUSTAINED and Plaintiffs' should be taxed a total of $8,335.06 in costs, which consists of $108.46 in copy expenses and $8,226.60 in total costs for written depositions; and (3) Plaintiffs' Rule 11(c) Motion for Sanctions (ECF No. 122) be DENIED. The Clerk of Court SHALL tax the costs and fees against Plaintiffs as described in this Order.
SO ORDERED.