The Coastal Bank v. Martin et al

Filing 84

ORDER that the Plaintiff shall have twenty-one days from the date of this order to brief this Court on the appropriate award of costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. Defendants shall have fourteen days to respond. Any reply briefs shall be properly noticed and filed accordingly to this district's local rules. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 1/11/18. (jrb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT CqSTE^.
COURT
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEOgg^ern District of Qa.
SAVANNAH DIVISION

Filed in Office

t \ w M-LS

AMERIS BANK,

Deputy Cle
Plaintiff

Counter-

and

Defendant,
CASE NO. CV414-038

V

G. GLEN MARTIN and ARTHUR G.

SCANLAN,
Defendants

and

Counter-

Plaintiffs.

ORDER

The

Eleventh

Circuit

Court

of

Appeals

has

affirmed

this

Court's award of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff. (Doc.
81.)

In

addition,

Defendants'

claims

the

were

Eleventh

"clearly

Circuit

frivolous

concluded

in

the

that

face

of

establish law and clear facts." (Id. at 12 (quoting Parker v.

Am.

Traffic

Solutions,

Inc.,

835

F.3d

1363,

1371

(11th

Cir.

2016))). As a result, the Eleventh Circuit awarded Plaintiff its

"costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred to defend this

appeal," and ordered that Defendants' counsel be held jointly
and severally liable. (Id. at 13.) The Eleventh Circuit remanded
the

case

to this

Court "for

further

proceedings to

determine

costs and reasonable attorneys' fees attributable to Defendant's