Qiu et al v. Shanghai Cuisine, Inc. et al

Filing 183

ORDER granting 180 Letter Motion to Compel. Accordingly, Plaintiffs' motion to compel Defendants to pay the publication costs of Plaintiffs' motion for conditional certification is GRANTED. The Court will also award reasonable attorn ey fees and costs that counsel for Plaintiffs incurred in connection with the motion. Counsel for Plaintiffs shall submit records of their hours and costs associated with the motion by February 6, 2024. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motion, Doc. 180. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 1/23/2024) (vfr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
TING QIU QIU, JIAN WEI DENG, YU BO
SU, ZHAOBANG BAI, and SHAOHONG
ZENG, on their own behalf and on behalf of
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

ORDER
18-cv-05448 (ER)

-againstNA SUN, UNITED RESTAURANT GROUP,
INC., doing business as SHANGHAI
CUISINE BAR & RESTAURANT,
CHENWEN HO, also known as JONATHAN
HO, SHANGHAI CUISINE, INC., doing
business as SHANGHAI CUISINE BAR &
RESTAURANT, R & M CENTURY, INC.,
doing business as SHANGHAI CUISINE
BAR & RESTAURANT, JIJIE HONG,
WING JING LAU, and JOSEPHINE FENG,
Defendants.
RAMOS, D.J.:
On December 15, 2023, Plaintiffs moved to compel Defendants Jonathan Ho and Na Sun
to comply with the Court’s order that they pay the publication costs of Plaintiffs’ motion for
conditional certification. Doc. 180. Plaintiffs also requested an award of attorney fees and costs
associated with the drafting of the letter motion and the time spent on the matter. Id. �e Court
directed Defendants to respond to the motion by December 22, 2023. Doc. 181. Defendants
failed to do so. On January 4, 2024, the Court again directed Defendants to respond to the
motion and set a new deadline of January 9, 2024. Doc. 182. �e Court warned that failure to
respond would result in the Court granting the motion as unopposed. Id. Again, Defendants did
not respond.

Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion to compel Defendants to pay the publication costs of
Plaintiffs’ motion for conditional certification is GRANTED. �e Court will also award
reasonable attorney fees and costs that counsel for Plaintiffs incurred in connection with the
motion. Counsel for Plaintiffs shall submit records of their hours and costs associated with the
motion by February 6, 2024.
�e Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motion, Doc. 180.

SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 23, 2024
New York, New York

Edgardo Ramos, U.S.D.J.

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