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reducing a request for 44 hours spent on drafting the statement of errors to 30 hours, holding the request to be excessive "given the lack of difficulty or novelty of the issues presented"
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Civil No. 04-171-P-S.
July 20, 2005
ORDER ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
No objections having been filed to the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision filed June 24, 2005, (Docket No. 21) the Recommended Decision is accepted.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees (Docket No. 18), Plaintiff is awarded a total of $5,733.75, representing payment of $5,280 for 33 hours expended by Jackson and Gates in 2004 (at a rate of $160 per hour) and $453.75 for 2.75 hours expended by Jackson and Gates in 2005 (at a rate of $165 per hour).