Harris et al v. Allied Interstate, Inc.
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ORDER: ADOPTING 30 Report and Recommendations, Granting 13 Motion for Attorney Fees filed by Amanda Harris, Luke Harris. For the reasons stated herein, the Court adopts the Report in its entirety. Plaintiffs' motion [dkt. no. 13] is GRANTED and the Clerk of the Court is respectfully requested to enter judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $2,536. (Signed by Judge Loretta A. Preska on 3/11/2013) (djc) Modified on 3/14/2013 (djc).
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12 Civ. 2812 (LAP)
LUKE HARRIS, ET AL.
Plaintiffs,
ORDER
v.
ALLIED INTERSTATE, INC.,
Defendant.
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LORETTA A. PRESKA, Chief United States District Judge:
On July 19, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a motion seeking
attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with
Plaintiff's action brought under the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.
§
1692, et seq.,
("FDCPA").
Plaintiffs
have accepted a modest offer of judgment made by Allied
Interstate, Inc.
The offer of judgment included reasonable
costs and attorneys' fees.
Plaintiffs seek $4,608.50 in fees
and costs.
The Court referred the attorneys' fees motion to Magistrate
Judge Freeman, who issued a Report and Recommendation on January
30, 2013
(the "Report") which considered and assessed the
detailed time records provided by the Kimmel Firm.
The Report
recommended that Plaintiffs be awarded $2,186 in fees and $350
in costs, for a total award of $2,536.
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(Report at 42.)
The
Report advised that the parties shall have fourteen days from
service of the Report to file written objections.
submitted any objections to the Report.
Neither party
For the reasons set
forth below, the Court adopts the Report in its entirety.
A district court may adopt portions of a magistrate's
report to which "no specific, written objection" is made, as
long as those sections are not clearly erroneous.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 72 b
i
See
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
A
district judge may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in
part, the findings and recommendation of the magistrate.
See
DeLuca v. Lord, 858 F.Supp. 1330, 1345 (S.D.N.Y. 1994).
The Report is not clearly erroneous.
Magistrate Judge
Freeman's determinations are supported by the law and the record
in all material respects.
Magistrate Judge Freeman used the
"lodestar" method, which is arrived at by multiplying "the
number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation
reasonable hourly rate,"
Hensl~y
v.
E~kerhart,
by a
461 U.S. 424
(1983), to evaluate Plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees and
costs and modified the requested amount from $4,608.50 to
$2,536.
For the reasons stated herein, the Court adopts the Report
in its entirety.
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Plaintiffs' motion [dkt. no. 13] is GRANTED and the Clerk
of the Court is respectfully requested to enter judgment for
Plaintiff in the amount of $2,536.
SO ORDERED.
Dated:
New York, New York
March
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2013
LORETTA A. PRESKA,
CHIEF U.S.D.J.
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