Heifetz
Heifetz v. Monas Burgers Clayton LLC.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division SHELBY GAIL HEIFETZ, Case No. 19-cv-02392-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART
v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES
AND COSTS
MONA’S BURGERS CLAYTON LLC., Re: ECF No. 78 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Shelby Heifetz, who is legally blind, sued defendant Mona’s Burgers for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, and other state statutes after she was unable to navigate the restaurant safely or get to the restroom reasonably.1 Ultimately she accepted the defendant’s Rule 68 offer of judgment of $8,001 and moved for attorney’s fees of $44,150 and expert costs of $4,193.75.2 Mona’s Burgers challenges the plaintiff’s counsel’s proposed hourly rate of $400 as exceeding the $325 hourly rate allowed in 2020 decisions in this district, and it challenges her billed hours as excessive, generally on…