Alan Baker v. Allstate Insurance Company

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7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 ALAN BAKER et al, Case No. 2:19-cv-08024-ODW (JCx) 12 Plaintiffs,

ORDER AWARDING IN PART,

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DEFENDANT’S COSTS AND FEES

14 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY [40] 15 et al, 16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Before the Court is Defendant Allstate Insurance Company’s (“Allstate”) 19 Memorandum of Costs and Fees against Christopher G. Hook (“Hook”), former 20 counsel of Plaintiffs Alan Baker and Linda B. Oliver (“Plaintiffs”). (Mem. of Costs & 21 Fees (“Mem.”), ECF No. 40.) Allstate requests $41,748 in costs and attorneys’ fees. 22 (Mem.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court AWARDS IN PART Allstate’s 23 Costs and Attorneys’ Fees. 24 II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 25 On November 26, 2019, Sheppard Mullin, on behalf of its client Allstate, 26 submitted an Ex Parte Application (“Application”) seeking (1) dismissal of the case; 27 (2) disqualification of Hook as Plaintiffs’ Counsel; (3) a Temporary Restraining Order 28 against Hook; (4) a…