Opinion
09-CV-1777 (ENV)(MDG)
05-02-2013
S.W., et al., Petitioner, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Respondents.
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
VITALIANO, D.J.
By Memorandum and Order dated December 19, 2012, this Court approved the settlement of plaintiffs' claims against the City of New York defendants and authorized disbursement of the settlement funds, less an amount for the litigation expenses claimed by plaintiffs' counsel, which was to remain in escrow pending determination of the reasonableness of the costs sought. (See Dkt. No. 385). Upon further consideration and after conferring with Magistrate Judge Go, to whom this Court has referred the question of costs for report and recommendation, it is hereby
ORDERED that 75 percent of the settlement funds held in escrow be disbursed to plaintiffs' counsel and that the remainder continue to be held by plaintiffs' counsel in escrow pending approval by the Court.
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ERIC N. VITALIANO
United States District Judge
Dated; Brooklyn, New York
Mary 02, 2013