Lisnitzer v. Shah et al

Filing 200

ORDER: Before the Court are the parties' requests to amend the Judgment dated August 31, 2022, (ECF No. 192 ), awarding Plaintiff attorneys' fees and costs. (ECF Nos. 198 , 199 .) Upon consideration of the partie' submissions, the Court amends the Order dated August 31, 2022, (ECF No. 191 ), to award Plaintiff $6,072.74, not $6,072.12, in costs. In addition, the Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the Judgment as follows: SEE ATTACHED ORDER for further details. So Ordered by Judge Joan M. Azrack on 2/15/2023. (LC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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LESLIE LISNITZER, individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
-againstHOWARD ZUCKER, M.D., as Commissioner of the
New York State Department of Health, and
MICHAEL HEIN, as Commissioner of the Office
of Temporary and Disability Assistance of the
New York State Department of Family Assistance,

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ORDER
11-CV-04641 (JMA) (ARL)
FILED 
CLERK 

12:19 pm, Feb 15, 2023

U.S. DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
LONG ISLAND OFFICE 

Defendants.
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AZRACK, United States District Judge:
Before the Court are the parties’ requests to amend the Judgment dated August 31, 2022,
(ECF No. 192), awarding Plaintiff attorneys’ fees and costs. (ECF Nos. 198, 199.) Upon
consideration of the parties’ submissions, the Court amends the Order dated August 31, 2022, (ECF
No. 191), to award Plaintiff $6,072.74, not $6,072.12, in costs. In addition, the Clerk of Court is
respectfully directed to amend the Judgment as follows:
An Order of Honorable Joan M. Azrack, United States District Judge, having been filed on
August 31, 2022, and amended on February 15, 2023; adopting United States Magistrate Judge
Arlene R. Lindsay’s July 6, 2022 Report and Recommendation in its entirety as the opinion of the
Court; granting Plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs, awarding Plaintiff $1,121,666.96
in attorneys’ fees and $6,072.74 in costs; and respectfully directing the Clerk of Court to enter
judgment in Plaintiff’s favor, it is

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ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs is
granted; that plaintiff Leslie Lisnitzer is awarded $1,127,739.70 in attorneys’ fees and costs
payable directly to plaintiff’s counsel as follows:
i) to the order of Law Office of Peter Vollmer, P.C. in the amount of: $812,744.94 in
attorney’s fees, $24,568.05 in paralegal fees and $4,073.28 in costs, for a total of $841,386.27;
ii) To the order of Mercy Haven, Inc. in the amount of: $189,786.47 in attorney’s fees and
$1,437.09 in costs, for a total of $191,223.56; and
iii) To the order of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., in the amount of $94,567.50 in
attorney’s fees and $562.37 in costs, for a total of $95,129.87;
with interest thereon retroactive to August 31, 2022.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 15, 2023
Central Islip, New York

/s/ (JMA)
JOAN M. AZRACK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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