Frederick Michele Brady v. Patenaude & Felix, A Professional Corporation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

10 FREDERICK MICHELE BRADY, Case No. 18-cv-07305-NC 11 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

12 v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

13 PATENAUDE & FELIX and MICHAEL

R. BOULANGER, Re: Dkt. No. 28

14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Frederick Michele Brady prevailed in this Fair Debt Collection Practices 17 Act case and is entitled to attorneys’ fees under 15 U.S.C. § 1692. Brady accepted 18 defendants’ $2,001.00 offer of judgment under Rule 68 but the parties have since failed to 19 reach an agreement as to a reasonable amount of attorney’s fees. Dkt. Nos. 25, 26, 28. 20 Plaintiffs request a total of $20,330.05 in costs and fees, including time spent on briefing 21 this issue, and defendants argue that $6,202.50 is the reasonable amount. Dkt. Nos. 28, 30, 22 31. The Court FINDS that plaintiff’s counsels’ total time spent on this case was 23 reasonable but that the hourly rate requested for Brady’s attorneys is not reasonable 24 relative to…