Pocono Mountain School District v. T.D., a minor et al

Filing 121

ORDER : IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Defendants T.D. and S.D.L.'s Motions for Award of Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Doc.s 91, 109 are GRANTED in part and the Defendants' counsel, McAndrews Law Offices, is awarded $127,564.78 in attorn eys' fees. Counsel is also awarded $9,242.90 as reimbursement of expenses. Judgment for attorneys fees and costs is thus entered in the total amount of $136,807.68 in favor of Defendants and against plaintiff Pocono Mountain School District. Plaintiff Pocono Mountain School District's Motion is GRANTED (Doc. 99) insofar as this Court has reduced the attorneys fees and costs awarded to T.D.'s counsel. Signed by Honorable Robert D. Mariani on 4/8/22 (jam)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
POCONO MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
DISTRICT,
3:15-CV-764
(JUDGE MARIANI)

Plaintiff,

v.
T.D., by and through his parent, S.D.L.
Defendants.

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AND NOW, THIS ~

ORDER

DAY OF APRIL 2022, upon consideration of defendants T.D.

and S.D.L.'s "Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees and Costs," (Doc. 91 ), defendants T.D.
and S.D.L.'s "Supplemental Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees and Costs," (Doc. 109),
plaintiff Pocono Mountain School District's "Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for
Attorneys' Fees and Costs ," (Doc. 99), and other relevant documents, for the reasons set
forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
(1) Defendants T.D. and S.D.L.'s Motions are GRANTED in part and the Defendants'
counsel , McAndrews Law Offices, is awarded $127,564.78 in attorneys' fees based
on: 43.68 hours of work by attorney Dennis McAndrews at a rate of $375 per hour;
425.65 hours of work by attorney Michael Gehring at a rate of $375 per hour; 446.59
hours of work by attorney Heather Hulse at a rate of $300 per hour; and 63.83 hours
of work by paralegal Roseanne Paul at a rate of $140 per hour. T.D. and S.D.L.'s

counsel is also awarded $9,242.90 as reimbursement of expenses incurred in the
litigation of the above-captioned matter. Judgment for attorneys' fees and costs is
thus entered in the total amount of $136,807.68 in favor of Defendants and against
plaintiff Pocono Mountain School District.
(2) Plaintiff Pocono Mountain School District's Motion is GRANTED in part insofar as
this Court has reduced the attorneys' fees and costs w rded to T.D.'s counsel.

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