Innovative Sports Management, Inc. d/b/a Integrated Sports Media v. Costanza Ruiz Arias

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJuly 11, 20243:23-cv-01371California809 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 INNOVATIVE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, Case No. 23-cv-01371-JD

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8 Plaintiff, SECOND ORDER RE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS v. 10 JEANETTE COSTANZA RUIZ ARIAS, et al., Defendants. 12 13 After entry of a default judgment against defendants, Dkt. No. 27, plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas Riley, filed a motion for attorney’s fees and costs, Dkt. No. 28. The request was denied without prejudice because it contained “numerous duplicative time entries, including for clerical tasks billed at hourly rates,” and sought “hundreds of dollars in fees associated with an order to show cause issued against Riley by another court in another case.” Dkt. No. 29. Attorney Riley filed a revised motion with “apologi[es] to the Court for the errors.” Dkt. No. 30 at 2. The requested fees are granted in part. The revised motion rather oddly seeks slightly more in fees than the original motion did, even without adding new time for preparation of the revised motion. Compare…

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