CHASE v. MERSON et al

Filing 101

ORDER ON CLOUTIER DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES denying 87 Motion for Attorney Fees By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (jib)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
JOHN F. CHASE,
PLAINTIFF
V.

ARTHUR MERSON,

ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS

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CIVIL NO. 2:18-CV-165-DBH

ORDER ON CLOUTIER DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
The motion for attorney fees (ECF No. 87)is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as
premature. Local Rule 54.2 is designed to avoid attention to the attorney fees
issue until it is clear that the ruling justifying the fees is not subject to alteration
in the court of appeals. Here, the Cloutier defendants say that “plaintiff does not
suggest that he intends to appeal the Court’s Decision and Order on Cloutier
Defendants’ Motion to dismiss,” but the time for such an appeal, if any, has not
run because there is not yet a final judgment in the case.
SO ORDERED.
DATED THIS 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2019
/S/D. BROCK HORNBY
D. BROCK HORNBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE