Good Times Restaurants, LLC v. Shindig Hospitality Group, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS, LLC, et Case No. 21-cv-07688-AGT al.,

Plaintiffs, ORDER ON MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES

v. Re: Dkt. No. 118

SHINDIG HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC,

et al., Defendants.

Plaintiffs incurred $14,462.80 in attorney’s fees to enforce the settlement agreement after defendants breached it. See Dkt. 116 (order granting plaintiffs’ motion to enforce the settlement agreement); Dkt. 118-1, Holder Decl. ¶¶ 4–5 (documenting fees incurred). Under the agreement, plaintiffs are entitled to recover those fees so long as the fees were reasonable. See Dkt. 104-1, Anand Decl., Ex. 1, Settlement Agreement ¶ 19. Plaintiffs’ fees were reasonable. Their attorney, a civil lawyer with 16 years of expe- rience, billed 33.1 hours to enforce the settlement agreement at rates of $436 and $449 per hour. See Holder Decl. ¶¶ 3–5; cf. Ennova Rsch. SRL v. Beebell Inc., No. 16-CV-05114- KAW, 2019 WL 285797, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2019) (finding $425 to be a reasonable hourly rate, six years ago, for a civil litigator with 15 years of experience). Defendants ha- ven’t opposed plaintiffs’ motion, and the Court grants it.…