Shaikh
Shaikh v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ANIS SHAIKH, Case No. 18-cv-04394-MMC
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S 9 v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES
AND PREJUDGMENT INTEREST
10 AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Re: Doc. No. 49 11 Defendant.
12 13 Before the Court is plaintiff Anis Shaikh’s (“Shaikh”) Motion for Attorneys’ Fees 14 and Prejudgment Interest, filed April 6, 2020. Defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company 15 (“Aetna”) has filed opposition, to which Shaikh has replied. Having read and considered 16 the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 17 BACKGROUND 18 In this action under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 19 the Court, on March 24, 2020, granted Shaikh’s motion for judgment and denied Aetna’s 20 cross-motion for judgment. Subsequently, Shaikh filed the instant motion, by which he 21 seeks an award of attorneys’ fees in…