Krause

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Michael Krause, No. 1:21-cv-01706-KJM-SAB Petitioner, ORDER Vv. Tara Krause, Respondent. 16 17 Respondent Tara Krause moves for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter. As explained below, the court grants the motion but decreases the award. 20 I. BACKGROUND 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, ECF No.1; Order (March 16, 2023), ECF 109; Order (April 3, 2023), ECF 114. By way of brief 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 Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction after respondent moved their children from Germany to California without…