The district court denied the motion. Macsherry v. Sparrows Point, LLC , No. 1:15-cv-22, 2019 WL 557005, at *5 (D. Md. Feb. 12, 2019). But the court granted the defendants’ alternative motion to amend the judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), for reasons not relevant here.
This Court may exercise this power sua sponte to hold in abeyance motions for attorneys' fees pending the resolution of an appeal. Macsherry v. Sparrows Point, LLC, 1:15CV22 (STAMP), 2019 WL 557005, at *11-12 (D. Md. Feb. 12, 2019) (holding the prevailing plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and costs in abeyance pending the resolution of a possible appeal of the underlying jury verdict). Pursuant to its inherent power, this Court will hold in abeyance Defendant's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (ECF No. 32) awaiting the resolution of the pending appeal in this action.