Polee
Polee v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCCTA)
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 KEITH POLEE, Case No. 18-cv-05405-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (CCCTA), Re: Dkt. Nos. 77, 78 12 Defendant. 13 Now before the Court is plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion and awards fees and costs in the amount of $440,056.00, plus post-judgment interest on the judgment to be calculated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a). 18 BACKGROUND I. Factual background On September 4, 2018, plaintiff Keith Polee filed this lawsuit against Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (“CCCTA”). Mr. Polee is African-American and had worked as a bus driver for CCCTA from 2007 until his termination in October 2017. Compl. ¶ 4. The complaint alleged that “[d]uring the time of plaintiff’s employment, from time to time,…