Hamidi v. City of Kirksville, Missouri et al

Filing 133

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants City of Kirksville, Missouri, David Jacobs, Mike LaBeth, Mari MacComber, Bob Russel, Brad Selby, and Clark Wilson's counsel shall submit an exhibit detailing the for each attorney time records specifying the date, the hours billed, and the nature of the work by October 24, 2016. Response to Court due by 10/24/2016. Signed by District Judge E. Richard Webber on October 13, 2016. (MCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN DIVISION
AMIR HAMIDI,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, et al.,
Defendants.

)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)

No. 2:14CV00087 ERW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The Court finds Defendants’ Combined Motion for Attorneys’ Fees as the Prevailing
Party [ECF No. 123] does not include the necessary documentary evidence required under Local
Rule 54-8.02 for the Court to determine if Defendants’ counsel billed a reasonable amount of
hours. “Applications for fee awards should generally be documented by contemporaneously
created time records that specify, for each attorney, the date, the hours expended, and the nature
of the work done.” Kirsch v. Fleet St., Ltd., 148 F.3d 149, 173 (2d Cir. 1998) (citing Hensley v.
Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437 at n. 12 (1983)). Without the above information the Court is unable
to determine if the hours billed by Defendants’ counsel are reasonable. Defendants current
exhibit only provides the total number of hours billed by each attorney, their qualifications and
their hourly rates. [ECF No. 123-1].

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants City of Kirksville, Missouri, David Jacobs,
Mike LaBeth, Mari MacComber, Bob Russel, Brad Selby, and Clark Wilson’s counsel shall
submit an exhibit detailing the for each attorney time records specifying the date, the hours
billed, and the nature of the work by October 24, 2016.
Dated this 13th Day of October, 2016.

E. RICHARD WEBBER
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

2