DOE v. REGIONAL SCHOOL UNIT 21

Filing 98

ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE - adopting Report and Recommended Decision re 93 Report and Recommendations for 90 Motion for Attorney Fees. By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (mnw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
JANE DOE,

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REGIONAL SCHOOL UNIT NO. 21, )
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DEFENDANT
PLAINTIFF

CIVIL NO. 2:11-CV-25-DBH

ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION
OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On August 8, 2013, the United States Magistrate Judge filed with the
court, with copies to counsel, his Recommended Decision on Plaintiff’s Motion
for Attorney Fees. Objections to the Recommended Decision were filed by both
parties on August 26, 2013. I have reviewed and considered the Recommended
Decision, together with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination
of all matters adjudicated by the Recommended Decision; and I concur with the
recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set
forth in the Recommended Decision, and determine that no further proceeding
is necessary.
It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate
Judge is hereby ADOPTED. The plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
is GRANTED

IN PART

to the extent that the plaintiff is AWARDED attorney fees and

costs in the amount of Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Two Dollars and

Ninety-Nine Cents ($41,702.99), consisting of attorney fees in the amount of
$39,874.80, reflecting an adjusted lodestar figure of $66,458.00 minus 40
percent, or $26,583.20, to account for the degree of success obtained, and
costs in the amount of $1,828.19, and is otherwise DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
DATED THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2013
/s/D. Brock Hornby
D. BROCK HORNBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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