Krause

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Michael Krause, No. 1:21-cv-01706-KJM-SAB 12 Petitioner, ORDER 13 Vv. 14 Tara Krause, 15 Respondent. 16 17 18 Respondent Tara Krause moves for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter. 19 | As explained below, the court grants the motion but decreases the award. 20 | I. BACKGROUND 21 Another judge in this district explained the background of this case in previous orders, and 22 | this court incorporates those discussions here without repeating them. See generally Petition, 23 | ECF No.1; Order (March 16, 2023), ECF 109; Order (April 3, 2023), ECF 114. By way of brief 24 | summary, petitioner Michael Krause, a Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Air Force, sought 25 | custody of his children he shares with respondent Tara Krause based on the Convention on the 26 | Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction after respondent moved their children from 27 | Germany to California without…