Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center v. St. Bernard Parish et al

Filing 1027

ORDER and REASONS overruling 1011 Objection to Report and Recommendations and approving and adopting 1007 Report and Recommendation as the Court's opinion. Provident is awarded and awarding damages of $138,750.23 as set forth in document. Signed by Judge Helen G. Berrigan on 01/02/2013. (kac, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
GREATER NEW ORLEANS FAIR HOUSING
ACTION CENTER, ET. AL.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO: 06-7185

ST. BERNARD PARISH, ET AL.

SECTION: “C” (1)

ORDER AND REASONS
The Court, having considered the Report and Recommendation, the objections filed by the
defendant, the response from Provident Realty Advisors, Inc., the record, and the applicable law,
hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and adopts
it as its opinion in this matter. Rec. Docs. 1007, 1011, 1015. The Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation is detailed, well-reasoned, appropriate, reasonable, and is not erroneous as a
matter of law or otherwise.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s Objections are OVERRULED. Rec. Doc. 1011.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation is
APPROVED and ADOPTED as the Court’s opinion in this matter. Rec. Doc. 1007.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Provident is awarded damages of $138,750.23, consisting
of damages for:
(A.) Lumber Storage of $13,135.02;
(B.) Cease and Desist Work Stoppages of $4,720.00;
(C.) Lack of Electric Meters of $39,381.61; and

(D.) Lost Rental Income of $81,513.60.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 2nd day of January, 2012.

__________________________
HELEN G. BERRIGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE