Opinion
20-CV-81396-RAR
03-04-2022
JEROME CORSI, Plaintiff, v. NEWSMAX MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' VERIFIED MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES
RODOLFO A. RUIZ II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon United States Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 59] (“Report”), entered on February 2, 2022. The Report recommends that Defendants' Verified Motion for Attorneys' Fees [ECF No. 34] be granted in part and denied in part. See Report at 1. The Report properly notified the parties of their right to object to Magistrate Judge Reinhart's findings and Plaintiff timely filed objections to the Report on February 15, 2022 [ECF Nos. 60 & 61] (“Objections”). Defendants filed a response to the Objections on March 1, 2022 [ECF No. 62] (“Response”).
When a magistrate judge's “disposition” has been properly objected to, district courts must review the disposition de novo. Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3). Because Plaintiff timely filed Objections, the Court has conducted a de novo review of Magistrate Judge Reinhart's legal and factual findings contained within his Report.
Having carefully reviewed Defendants' Verified Motion for Attorneys' Fees, the Report, Plaintiff's Objections, Defendants' Response, the factual record, the applicable law, and being otherwise fully advised, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Report [ECF No. 59] is AFFIRMED AND ADOPTED. Accordingly, Defendants' Verified Motion for Attorneys' Fees [ECF No. 34] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Defendant is awarded attorneys' fees in the amount of $48,750.50 and costs in the amount of $400, for which total sum let execution issue forthwith.
DONE AND ORDERED.