SEC v. ASPEN

Filing 38

ORDER: As these rules are new, the Movant will be granted an extension until Friday, May 24th to move for attorneys' fees, email the required Excel sheet, and file the letter notifying the Court of the submission. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis on 5/16/2024) ( Motions due by 5/24/2024.) (ks)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE
COMMISSION et al.,
Plaintiffs,

ORDER
23-mc-432 (JW)

-againstASPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, LLC et al.,
Defendants.
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JENNIFER E. WILLIS, United States Magistrate Judge:

Today the Court received a call seeking an update on a Motion for
Attorneys’ Fees. On March 4, 2024, Judge Caproni issued an Order directing
Respondents to pay Movants’ “reasonable fees and costs pursuant to Rule
37(a)(5)(C).” Dkt. No. 33 at 4.

On March 25th, Judge Caproni referred the

calculation of attorneys’ fees to this Court. On April 2nd, the Parties consented to
this Court’s jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 37.
Under this Court’s newly issued Individual Rules Sec. II.G, Motions
Requiring Submission of an Excel Sheet, “Excel sheets are required for the
following motions: 1) Inquests on Damages 2) Motions for Attorneys’ Fees 3)
FLSA Damages 4) IDEA Reimbursements…within fourteen days of the referral
of such a motion to Judge Willis, the moving Party shall submit an Excel sheet
including the relevant calculations. An Excel sheet is required even if the
motion was already submitted to a District Judge…The Excel sheet should
be emailed to [e-mail] and should CC all

opposing counsel...A letter should also be filed on the docket providing the date
and

time

the

Excel

sheet

was

emailed.”

See

https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/practice_documents/JW%20Wil
lis%20Individual%20Practices%20for%20Civil%20Cases%20%285-8-24%29.pdf.
As these rules are new, the Movant will be granted an extension until
Friday, May 24th to move for attorneys’ fees, email the required Excel sheet, and
file the letter notifying the Court of the submission.
SO ORDERED.
DATED:

New York, New York
May 16, 2024
______________________________
JENNIFER E. WILLIS
United States Magistrate Judge

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