Monroe

++ 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RENEE JOHNSON MONROE, No. 2:15-cv-02079-TLN-CKD 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, a New York Corporation; and 15 DOES 1 to 10, inclusive 16 Defendant.

18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Renee Johnson Monroe’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion 19 for Attorneys’ Fees. (ECF No. 71.) Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 20 (“Defendant”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 73.) Plaintiff filed a reply. (ECF No. 75.) For the 21 reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) based on Defendant’s denial of benefits to which Plaintiff was entitled. (ECF No. 1 at 79.) On May 6, 2020, after a bench trial, the Court entered judgment in Plaintiff’s favor and gave Plaintiff twenty-eight days to apply for attorneys’ fees and recovery…