United States of America v. Boursiquot et al

Filing 173

Order Adopting 172 Magistrate's Report and Recommendations. Granting 166 Government's application for an award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Signed by Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr on 10/18/2021. See attached document for full details. (jbs)

United States District Court
for the
Southern District of Florida
United States of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Jean-Philippe Boursiquot and
others, Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 17-60550-Civ-Scola
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Order Adopting Magistrate’s Report and Recommendations
This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Alicia OtazoReyes for a report and recommendation on the Government’s application for an
award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. (Application, ECF No. 166.)
Judge Otazo-Reyes entered a report recommending that the application be
granted and that the Court award the Government its reasonable fees and
costs in the amount of $14,811.94 1 to be paid by Defendant Jean-Philippe
Boursiquot in monthly installments of $1,000. 2 (Report & Recommendations,
ECF No. 172.) No objections have been filed and the time to do so has passed.
Having considered Judge Otazo-Reyes’s report, the record, and the relevant
legal authorities, this Court finds the report and recommendation cogent and
compelling.
Accordingly, the report and recommendation is adopted in its entirety,
and Government’s application is granted. (ECF No. 166). The Government
shall recover from Boursiquot an award of attorney’s fees and costs in the
amount of $14,811.94, plus interest at the legal rate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1961. Consistent with the parties’ agreement and Judge Otazo-Reyes’s
recommendation, Boursiquot shall make monthly payments in the amount of
$1,000 until the amount due, plus interest, is paid in full. Payments shall be
made on the first day of the month commencing on November 1, 2021.

1 $1,487.53 in attorney’s fees and $2,477.85 in costs, as well as $10,846.56 in costs associated
with investigating Boursiquot’s violation of the Court’s permanent injunction.
2 The Court notes that Boursiquot did not oppose the Government’s application and requested
only that the Court enter a payment plan. (Resp., ECF No. 170.) The Government agreed to
accept payment in monthly installments of $1,000. (Reply, ECF No. 171.)

Done and ordered at Miami, Florida, on October 18, 2021.
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Robert N. Scola, Jr.
United States District Judge
Copy furnished to:
Jean-Philippe Boursiquot
5568 SW 7th Court
Margate, FL 33068