Opinion
1:16-CV-233-DII
01-12-2024
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT and ROD WELSH, Executive Director of The Texas State Preservation Board, In Their Official Capacities, Defendants.
ORDER
ROBERT PITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is the report and recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dustin Howell concerning Plaintiff Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc.'s (“FFRF”) Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs, (Dkt. 152). (R. & R., Dkt. 162). Both parties timely filed objections to the report and recommendation, (Objs., Dkts. 163, 164), and responses to each other's objections to the report and recommendation, (Resp., Dkts. 165, 166).
A party may serve and file specific, written objections to a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the report and recommendation and, in doing so, secure de novo review by the district court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Because the parties timely objected to the report and recommendation, the Court reviews the report and recommendation de novo. Having done so and for the reasons given in the report and recommendation, the Court overrules the parties' objections and adopts the report and recommendation as its own order.
Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that the report and recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dustin Howell, (Dkt. 162), is ADOPTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that FFRF's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs, (Dkt. 152), is GRANTED.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that FFRF shall recover from Defendants $342,556.31 in attorneys' fees and $3,957.36 in costs.
FFRF's requested $456,741.75, reduced by 25% to account for mixed success.
The Court will enter an amended final judgment by separate order.