London Wallace v. City of Fresno

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LONDON WALLACE, Case No. 1:19-cv-01199-AWI-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS TO

SUPPLEMENT REQUEST FOR

v. REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES

CITY OF FRESNO, et al., THREE DAY DEADLINE

Defendants.

16 London Wallace (“Plaintiff”) filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 3, 2021, the parties filed a joint statement of discovery disagreement which is set for hearing on March 10, 2021. The Court has reviewed the joint statement in which Defendants are seeking $2,380.00 for 8.5 hours spent in preparing the motion and for meeting and conferring with Plaintiff’s counsel on the issues presented in the current motion to compel further production. In determining reasonable attorney fees, the Court uses the lodestar method in which the reasonable number of hours expended is multiplied by the reasonable hourly rate to obtain the fee award. Van Gerwin v. Guarantee Mut. Life Co., 214 F.3d 1041,1045 (9th Cir.…