Elkhouly et al v. City Of New York et al

Filing 137

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for 132 Report and Recommendation 115 Motion for Attorney Fees filed by Ahmed Elkhouly. The Court, therefore, ADOPTS the Amended R&R in its entirety. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant s shall pay Plaintiffs for 186.07 hours of Robert Lloyd Herbst's time at $650/hour, for a fee of $120,942.25; and pay for 383.12 hours of Benjamin Ashmore's time at $150/hour, for a fee of $57,468. The total fee award is $178,410.25. Additionally, Defendants shall reimburse Plaintiffs $12,572.64 in reasonable expenses. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 115 and close the case. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 8/30/2019) (cf)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
AHMED ELKHOULY and EVELINA VELEZ,

USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #: _________________
DATE FILED: 8/30/2019

Plaintiffs,
-againstTHE CITY OF NEW YORK, Police Officer PETER
MARTER (Shield No. 18790), and Police Officer
TIMOTHY FINN (Shield No. 02795),

17 Civ. 2318 (AT) (SN)
ORDER ADOPTING
REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION

Defendants.
ANALISA TORRES, District Judge:
Having received no objections to Magistrate Judge Netburn’s August 15, 2019 Amended
Report and Recommendation (the “Amended R&R”), ECF No. 132, the Court reviewed the
Amended R&R, the original Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 129, and the reasons set
forth in Judge Netburn’s oral ruling, ECF No. 135, for clear error, and found none. Santiago v.
Colvin, 12 Civ. 7052, 2014 WL 1092967, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 17, 2014).
The Court, therefore, ADOPTS the Amended R&R in its entirety. Accordingly, it is
hereby ORDERED that Defendants shall pay Plaintiffs for 186.07 hours of Robert Lloyd
Herbst’s time at $650/hour, for a fee of $120,942.25; and pay for 383.12 hours of Benjamin
Ashmore’s time at $150/hour, for a fee of $57,468. The total fee award is $178,410.25.
Additionally, Defendants shall reimburse Plaintiffs $12,572.64 in reasonable expenses.
The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 115 and close the case.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 30, 2019
New York, New York