United States of America v. Jones et al

Filing 18

ORDER granting United States' 14 Motion for Attorney Fees signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik.(CDA) Modified on 7/11/2017 cc garnishee via U.S. Mail(CDA).

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The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Plaintiff, v. KIMBERLY R. JONES, a.k.a. KIMBERLY R. YOUNGER, Defendant/Judgment Debtor, NO. 2:16-MC-00171-RSL (2:08-CR-0198-5) Order Granting United States’ Motion for Attorney’s Fees Note on Motion Calendar: July, 7 2017 and WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., Garnishee. 18 19 20 This matter came before the court on the United States’ June 19, 2017, 21 Motion for Attorney’s Fees. The Court has considered the United States’ 22 Motion and any response or reply filed thereto. For the reasons stated in the 23 United States’ Motion, the Court finds that the United States seeks reasonable 24 25 26 hourly rates for reasonable time expended by its attorney and paralegal on this matter. 27 28 ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES (USA v. Kimberly R. Jones a.k.a. Kimberly R. Younger and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., No. 2:16-MC-00171-RSL / 2:08-CR-0198-5) - 1 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WA 98101 PHONE: 206-553-7970 1 Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 3205(c)(6), the Court orders that 2 Garnishee Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Wal-Mart) shall pay the United States’ 3 reasonable attorney’s fees incurred litigating the United States’ “Objection to 4 5 Wal-Mart’s Answer to Writ of Garnishment and Petition for Order Requiring 6 Proper Answer and Withholding” [dkt. no. 8]. The Court calculates such 7 reasonable attorney’s fees as follows: 8 9 Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Forsyth: 23.9 hours x $194.77 per hour = $4,655.00; 10 11 12 13 14 15 Paralegal Caitlin Froelich: 5.0 hours x $45.12 per hour = $225.60; for a total award of $4,880.60. Wal-Mart shall make this payment within 30 days of the entry of this Order via check payable to the “U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington,” and mailed to: 16 U.S. Attorney’s Office 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Attn: Financial Litigation Unit Seattle, WA 98101 17 18 19 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated this 11th day of July, 2017. 22 A Hon. Robert S. Lasnik 23 U.S. District Court Judge 24 25 Presented by: 26 s/ Kyle A. Forsyth Kyle A. Forsyth, WSBA # 34609 Assistant United States Attorney 27 28 ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES (USA v. Kimberly R. Jones a.k.a. Kimberly R. Younger and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., No. 2:16-MC-00171-RSL / 2:08-CR-0198-5) - 2 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WA 98101 PHONE: 206-553-7970

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