Molina v. D. Scott Carruthers, PLC, et al.

Filing 8

ORDER DIRECTING Entry of Judgment in the amount of $2,001.00 in Plaintiff's favor, in accordance with the offer of judgment, signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 10/19/17. (Martin-Gill, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARIA MOLINA, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 No. 1:17-cv-01158-DAD-JLT v. ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT D. SCOTT CARUTHERS, PLC and SFM6, LLC, Defendants. 16 17 On October 5, 2017, defendants filed a notice of offer of judgment under Federal Rule of 18 19 Civil Procedure 68 for $2,001.00, as well as an additional amount for plaintiff’s costs and 20 attorneys’ fees as allowed by law. (Doc. No. 5.) On October 11, 2017, plaintiff filed a notice of 21 acceptance of the offer of judgment, accepting the offer and noting the issue of attorneys’ fees 22 and costs remain pending. (Doc. No. 7.) Rule 68 provides that if the defending party makes such 23 an offer of judgment and within fourteen days the opposing party serves a written notice 24 accepting the offer, judgment is to then be entered. Fed. R. Civ. P. 68(a). The parties having 25 timely filed the appropriate documents, the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment in the 26 amount of $2,001.00 in plaintiff’s favor, in accordance with the offer of judgment. The parties 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 1 are directed to Local Rules 292 and 293 concerning the filing of a bill of costs and a motion for 2 an award of attorneys’ fees. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 Dated: October 19, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 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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