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C.A. v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.

United States District Court, E.D. New York
Mar 7, 2022
20-CV-2101 (AMD) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 7, 2022)

Opinion

20-CV-2101 (AMD) (VMS)

03-07-2022

C.A. and T.B., individually and on behalf of T.A., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANN M. DONNELLY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

On May 7, 2020, the plaintiffs brought this action on behalf of their child T.A. against the defendant, alleging violations of the Individuals with D isabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq. (ECF No. 1.) The parties settled two claims, and on March 25, 2021, the plaintiffs filed a motion to resolve the remaining claim for attorney's fees. (ECF No. 19.) On July 13, 2021, I referred the motion to Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon.

The action was reassigned to me on July 12, 2021.

Judge Scanlon issued a thorough Report and Recommendation on February 16, 2022, in which she recommends that the plaintiffs' motion be granted to the extent that they be awarded $31,210.20 in attorney's fees and $400 in costs, for a total award of $31,610.20. (ECF No. 25 at 19.) No. objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed.

A district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). To accept those portions of the report and recommendation to which no timely objection has been made, “a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record.” Jarvis v. N. Am. Globex Fund L.P., 823 F.Supp.2d 161, 163 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) (quoting Wilds v. United Parcel Serv., 262 F.Supp.2d 163, 169 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Judge Scanlon's well-reasoned and comprehensive Report and Recommendation contains no error. Accordingly, I adopt it in its entirety.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

C.A. v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.

United States District Court, E.D. New York
Mar 7, 2022
20-CV-2101 (AMD) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 7, 2022)
Case details for

C.A. v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.

Case Details

Full title:C.A. and T.B., individually and on behalf of T.A., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK…

Court:United States District Court, E.D. New York

Date published: Mar 7, 2022

Citations

20-CV-2101 (AMD) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 7, 2022)

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