Kimberly Cusack-Acocella v. Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center, Inc.

1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California

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11 KIMBERLY CUSACK-ACOCELLA, et Case No. 8:18-cv-01009-ODW (KESx) al., 12

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

13 Plaintiffs, MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, v. COSTS, AND INCENTIVE AWARDS 14 [266] 15 DUAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT 16 CENTER, INC., et al.,

17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 Following the Court’s final approval of a class settlement, Plaintiffs Kimberly 21 Cusack-Acocella, Scott Langer, Michael Henry, Janice Smothers, Grace Oudin, Kassi 22 Nye, and Lise Stephens move for an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and incentive 23 awards against Defendants Allied Benefit Systems (“Allied”), Dual Diagnosis 24 Treatment Center, Inc. (aka “Sovereign”), Tonmoy Sharma, Kevin Gallagher, and 25 David Tessers. (Mot. Atty. Fees (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 266.) Sovereign, 26 Sharma, Gallagher, and Tessers (together, the “Sovereign Defendants”) jointly oppose. 27 (Sovereign Opp’n, ECF No. 269.) Allied also opposes. …