Ali et al v. Jerusalem Restaurant, Inc.

Filing 75

ORDER ON DEFENDANT JERSALEM RESTAURANT, INC.'S REVISED SUBMISSION OF FEES by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 3/9/2015. The Court finds $2500.00 is a sufficient sanction. Plaintiffs counsel shall pay this amount on or before 4/1/2015. (mdave )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 14-cv-00933-MEH
HANAN ALI, and
LENA DERANI,
Plaintiffs,
v.
JERUSALEM RESTAURANT, INC.,
Defendant.

ORDER ON DEFENDANT JERUSALEM RESTAURANT, INC.’S
REVISED SUBMISSION OF FEES

Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge.
During a hearing in this case on February 5, 2015, I ordered that Plaintiffs would be
responsible for certain fees related to the additional work in which Defendant’s attorney had to
engage in order to achieve responses to discovery requests. The parties have submitted briefing on
the reasonableness of the fees. I enter this Order pursuant to Mulvaney v. Rivair Flying Serv., Inc.,
744 F.2d 1438 (10th Cir. 1984) (en banc), in which a party was not found to be in bad faith, but the
court imposed a sanction, upheld by the court of appeals, for conduct that unnecessarily delayed or
multiplied the proceedings. Based on the parties’ submissions, I find that $2500.00 is a sufficient
sanction. Plaintiffs’ counsel shall pay this amount on or before April 1, 2015.
SO ORDERED.

Dated at Denver, Colorado this 9th day of March, 2015.

BY THE COURT:

Michael E. Hegarty
United States Magistrate Judge

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