Palmer v. Savona et al

Filing 71

ORDER - Defendants having failed to comply with the Local Rules and having utterly failed to support their motion for attorney's fees, ORDERED denying 60 Defendants' Motion for Award of Attorney Fees and Non-Taxable Expenses. Signed by Senior Judge James A Teilborg on 6/26/2014.(TLB)

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Peter Michael Palmer, Plaintiff, 10 11 ORDER v. 12 No. CV-10-08209-PCT-JAT Glenn A. Savona, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and 15 Non-Taxable Expenses (Doc. 60). Defendants ask the Court to award $36,650 in 16 “estimated” attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. (Doc. 60 at 2). The sole 17 evidence offered in support of the motion is Defendants’ assertion that “The estimated 18 amount of the attorneys’ fees at this time are: 183.25 hours X $200/hr. (estimated) = 19 $36,650.” (Id.) Although Defendants stated that they would file a memorandum of points 20 and authorities with supporting documentation, they have failed to do so. 21 Local Rule 54.2(b)(2) requires motions seeking attorneys’ fees from parties other 22 than the United States must “file and serve a motion . . . (along with a supporting 23 memorandum of points and authorities) within fourteen (14) days of the entry of 24 judgment in the action with respect to which the services were rendered.” LRCivP 25 54.2(b)(2). 26 27 28 Defendants have failed to comply with the Local Rules and have utterly failed to support their motion for attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, 1 2 3 IT IS ORDERED denying Defendants’ Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Non-Taxable Expenses (Doc. 60). Dated this 26th day of June, 2014. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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