Holiday

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SUSTAINABLE PAVEMENT No. 2:17-cv-02687-WBS-KJN

TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 RICH HOLIDAY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Presently pending before the court is plaintiff Sustainable Pavement Technologies, LLC’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs against defendant Rich Holiday. (ECF No. 84.) The court previously granted plaintiff’s motion for default judgment and awarded plaintiff $914,181 in damages. (ECF No. 80.) Plaintiff appeared through counsel at the hearing on its motion; no one appeared for defendant. Plaintiff appears to be entitled to attorneys’ fees pursuant to Cal. Pen. Code § 496(c). However, “district courts have considerable discretion in determining attorney’s fees.” Corder v. Gates, 947 F.2d 374, 380 (9th Cir. 1991). For example, a court may reduce fees which reflect an attorney’s work prosecuting a case against a litigant no longer a party to the suit. See Cataphora Inc. v. Parker, 848 F. Supp. 2d 1064, 1070 (N.D.…