Chapman v. Jet Mall, LLC et al

Filing 30

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 26 Motion for Attorney Fees; adopting 29 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Harry S Mattice, Jr on 4/30/15. (c/m to all defendants) (GRE, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
at CHATTANOOGA
THOMAS CHAPMAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
JET MALL, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-267
Judge Mattice
Magistrate Judge Lee

ORDER
On April 9, 2015, United States Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee filed a Report and
Recommendation (Doc. 29) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 72(b).

Magistrate Judge Lee recommended that Plaintiff’s Motion for

Attorney’s Fees be granted in part and denied in part, and that Plaintiff be awarded
attorney’s fees in the amount of $6,747.00 and costs in the amount of $552.83, for a
total amount of $7,299.83 plus interest according to law.
Neither party has filed objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation.1 Nevertheless, the Court has reviewed the record in this matter, and
it agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s well-reasoned conclusions.
Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Lee’s findings
of fact and conclusions of law. Plaintiff’s Motion (Doc. 26) is hereby GRANTED IN
PART and DENIED IN PART. Plaintiff SHALL be awarded attorney’s fees in the

1 Magistrate Judge Lee specifically advised the parties that they had 14 days in which to object to the
Report and Recommendation and that failure to do so would waive their right to appeal. (Doc. 29 at 7);
see Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 148-51 (1985) (noting that “[i]t does not
appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate's factual or legal
conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings”).

amount of $6,747.00 and costs in the amount of $552.83, for a total amount of
$7,299.83 plus interest according to law.

SO ORDERED this 30th day of April, 2015.
/s/ Harry S. Mattice, Jr._______
HARRY S. MATTICE, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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