Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund et al v. Reinegger Frame and Wheel, Inc.

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ORDER to Submit Supplemental Briefing in Support of Plaintiffs' MOTION for Default Judgment 20 . Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 6/3/2016. (dmrlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/3/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES PENSION
TRUST FUND, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 15-cv-04815-DMR
ORDER TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL
BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

v.
REINEGGER FRAME AND WHEEL, INC.,

Re: Dkt. No. 20

Defendant.
On May 19, 2016, Plaintiffs Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund and Automotive

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Industries Welfare Trust Fund and their Trustees (“Plaintiffs”) filed a motion for default judgment.

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[Docket No. 20.] Having reviewed that motion, the court determines that Plaintiffs’ accounting of

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its attorneys’ fees requires further support. While the Declaration of Anne M. Bevington [Docket

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No. 23] provides an employment background for Bevington and paralegal Julia Jellen, for whom

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attorney’s fees are requested, the Declaration does not indicate how the hours were spent. Plaintiff

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requests ten (10) hours for Bevington’s work on this matter and thirty-five (35) hours for Paralegal

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Jellen’s work without further explanation. Bevington Decl. ¶¶ 14-15.

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Plaintiff must submit a more detailed accounting sufficient to support Plaintiff’s requested

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award of reasonable attorneys’ fees for litigating this action, with enough detail such that the court

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may determine whether the time spent was “excessive, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary.”

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Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434 (1983); Bd. of Trs. of the Boilermaker Vacation Trust v.

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Skelly, Inc., 389 F. Supp. 2d 1222, 1226 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (analyzing the declarations regarding

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attorney time expended on motion for default judgment to determine a reasonable award of

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attorneys’ fees); see also N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 54-5.

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Plaintiffs shall submit additional briefing by 1 p.m. on June 10, 2016 to address the above
deficiency in the motion for default judgment. Any opposition or statement of non-opposition is

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due no later than June 17, 2016.
Immediately upon receipt of this Order, Plaintiffs shall serve Defendant with a copy
of this Order and file a proof of service with the court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 3, 2016
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Donna M. Ryu
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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