Opinion
CASE NO. CV 12-07926 DDP (VBKx)
02-03-2015
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY PENSION PLAN, THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT PLAN, AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY HEALTH PLAN, Plaintiffs, v. YELLOW PRODUCTIONS, LLC, a California limited liability company; SEVEN ARTS PICTURES, INC., aka 7 ARTS PICTURES, INC., a Nevada Corporation; GS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company, Defendants.
JUDGMENT
The Court granted Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment against Defendants Yellow Productions, LLC, and Seven Arts Pictures, Inc., aka 7 Arts Pictures, Inc., finding that there are no material facts in dispute and judgment is proper as a matter of law, as more fully stated in the Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment. (Docket No. 67.)
Plaintiffs have submitted a proposed judgment. (Docket No. 68.) The Court largely approves that proposed judgment, but amends it to decrease attorney's fees by the amount attributable solely to the actions of GS Entertainment, a defendant party that settled with Plaintiffs prior to the granting of summary judgment. Plaintiffs' exhibits in connection with the Motion for Summary Judgment show that they incurred $8,114.50 in attorney's fees and $461.63 in costs "for professional services . . . rendered in connection with the audit of GS Entertainment." Accordingly, the Court reduces the proposed judgment by those amounts, respectively. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows:
1. Judgment is entered in favor of the Plans and against Defendants Yellow Productions, LLC and Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. aka 7 Arts Pictures, Inc., for contributions in the amount of $24,149.29, interest in the amount of $10,000.23 through December 31, 2014, liquidated damages in the amount of $10,000.23 through December 31, 2014, audit costs of $10,050.00;
2. Attorney's fees are awarded in favor of the Plans and against Defendants Yellow Productions, LLC, and Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. aka 7 Arts Pictures, Inc. in the amount of $52,471.06;
3. Costs are awarded in favor of the Plans and against Defendants Yellow Productions, LLC and Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. aka 7 Arts Pictures, Inc. in the amount of $867.86.
4. Interest after the date of this judgment shall be at the ordinary federal statutory rate. 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: February 03, 2015
/s/_________
THE HON. DEAN D. PREGERSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE