Opinion
No. 11cv1018 JCH/LAM
02-05-2013
FORREST BRUNSON, et al., Plaintiff, v. CHRISTOPHER MCCORKLE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS [Doc. 71]
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Doc. 71), filed January 9, 2013. No response to the motion has been filed and the time for doing so has passed. On January 29, 2013, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Briefing Complete (Doc. 73). Having considered the motion, record of this case, and relevant law, the Court FINDS that the motion should be GRANTED.
On January 4, 2013, the Court granted Plaintiff's motion to compel [Doc. 56], and ordered Defendant DeRouen to pay Plaintiffs' reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing that motion. [Doc. 69]. Also on January 4, 2013, the Court recommended granting Plaintiffs' motion for discovery sanctions [Doc. 58], and ordered Defendant DeRouen to pay Plaintiffs' reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing that motion. [Doc. 70]. In the motion currently before the Court, Plaintiffs ask for an award of attorney's fees and costs in the amount of $290.00 for the attorney's fees associated with their motion to compel [Doc. 56], $590.00 for the attorney's fees and costs associated with their motion for discovery sanctions [Doc. 58], and $300.00 for the attorney's fees associated with this motion for attorney's fees because Defendants did not concur with the request, for a total of $1,180.00. [Doc. 71]. As there is no objection to this fee request, and because the Court finds that the request is reasonable, the Court will grant the motion.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Doc. 71) is GRANTED and Defendant DeRouen shall pay Plaintiffs' counsel $1,180.00 in attorney's fees and costs within thirty (30) days of entry of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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LOURDES A. MARTÍNEZ
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE