The Board of Trustees, in their capacities as Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Ernest Borbor Dee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IN THEIR Case No. 19-cv-07434-KAW

CAPACITIES AS TRUSTEES OF THE

LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE

TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN ORDER REQUIRING

CALIFORNIA, et al., SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING Plaintiffs, Re: Dkt. No. 18 v.

ERNEST BORBOR DEE, Defendant.

14 Having reviewed Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment, the Court requires supplemental briefing as to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s billing records. In general, “[t]he party seeking fees bears the burden of documenting the hours expended in the litigation and must submit evidence supporting those hours and the rates claimed.” Welch v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 480 F.3d 942, 945-46 (9th Cir. 2007). Here, Plaintiff’s counsel provides a declaration stating the total hours worked by each timekeeper, but provides no breakdown of how those hours were spent. Absent such information, the Court cannot determine if the hours requested are reasonable, or if they are “excessive, …