KCA Penland Holdings Corp v. Great Lakes Directional Drilling, Inc.

Filing 32

ORDER that Plaintiff shall have up to and including 5/31/2017 to submit a supplemental affidavit explaining the discrepancies, as well as any additional billing records that detail Plaintiff's attorney fees for representation. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 5/23/2017. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(nvc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CASE NO. 5:14-CV-00175-RLV-DCK
KCA PENLAND HOLDINGS CORP.,
Plaintiff,
v.
GREAT LAKES DIRECTIONAL
DRILLING, INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT following a Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2) hearing
on Plaintiff KCA Penland Holdings Corporation’s (“KCA Penland”) Motion for Default Judgment
(Docs. 23, 30). At the hearing, the Court granted KCA Penland’s Motion for Default Judgment
and indicated that it would issue a written order regarding damages and attorney fees. In reviewing
KCA Penland’s submissions on attorney fees, the Court has identified two discrepancies between
the affidavit of Plaintiff’s counsel Kevin C. Donaldson and the attorney billing records attached to
the affidavit. First, the affidavit indicates that Donaldson charged an hourly rate of $250.00 for
his time and an hourly rate of $125.00 for the time of his legal assistant. (Doc. 31-1 at 1). The
billing records, however, include multiple charges at hourly rates of $150.00 and $165.00. See id.
at 3-8. Second, the affidavit indicates that Plaintiff’s attorney fees totaled $11,093.50; however,
the billing records include attorney fee charges totaling only $10,743.50. IT IS, THEREFORE,
ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have up to and including May 31, 2017 to submit a supplemental
affidavit explaining these discrepancies, as well as any additional billing records that detail
Plaintiff’s attorney fees for representation at the Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2) hearing.
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Signed: May 23, 2017

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