Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center v. St. Bernard Parish et al
Filing
1047
ORDER AND REASONS overruling 1043 Objection to Report and Recommendations. FURTHER ORDER adopting 1042 Report and Recommendations. FURTHER ORDER granting in part and denying in part 1029 Motion for Attorney Fees. FURTHER ORDERED that Court awards $146,840.79 in attys' fees for Provident, $563.55 in attys' fees for GHNOFHAC and $940.13 in costs for Provident. Signed by Judge Helen G. Berrigan on 08/19/2013. (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. and the Greater New Orleans Fair
Housing Action Center, Inc. ("GNOFHAC"), 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. 1042, 1043, 1044. The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation
is detailed, well-reasoned, appropriate, reasonable, and is not erroneous as a matter of law or
otherwise. 28 U.S.C. § 636.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s Objections are OVERRULED. Rec. Doc. 1043.
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. 1042.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion of GNOFHAC and Provident for attorneys' fees
and costs relating to litigation of compensatory sanctions is GRANTED in PART and DENIED in
PART. Rec. Doc. 1029.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court awards:
(a) $146,840.79 in attorneys' fees for Provident;
(b) $ 563.55 in attorneys' fees for GNOFHAC; and
(c) $940.13 in costs for Provident.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 19th day of August, 2013.
__________________________
HELEN G. BERRIGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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