Eubanks v. Eubanks

Filing 133

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 132 - IT IS ORDERED that Mr. Eubanks pay Ms. Eubanks $27,401.36 for her reasonable attorney's fees incurred as a result of Mr. Eubanks' discovery abuses. Signed by Judge Susie Morgan.(bwn)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
IVAN EUBANKS

* CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-1217
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* SECTION: “E”(1)
VERSUS
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* JUDGE SUSIE MORGAN
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SASKIA O. EUBANKS
* MAGISTRATE JUDGE
* JANIS VAN MEERVELD
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ORDER
Before the Court is the Motion for Sanctions filed by defendant Saskia Eubanks (Rec. Doc.
117). On August 4, 2017, the undersigned ordered that plaintiff Ivan Eubanks pay the reasonable
expenses incurred by Ms. Eubanks as a result of Mr. Eubanks’ failure to comply with the Court’s
orders and referred the matter to the assigned Magistrate Judge for a calculation of the amount
owed. (Rec. Doc. 128). The Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation on October
17, 2017. The Court, after considering the memoranda in support and opposition, the exhibits, the
applicable law, the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, and finding that as of this
date the parties have filed no objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation,
hereby approves the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation and adopts it as its opinion.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Mr. Eubanks pay Ms. Eubanks $27,401.36 for her reasonable
attorney’s fees incurred as a result of Mr. Eubanks’ discovery abuses.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 7th day of November, 2017.

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SUSIE MORGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE