Najarian Holdings LLC v. CoreVest American Finance Lender LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NAJARIAN HOLDINGS LLC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-00799-PJH Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

COREVEST AMERICAN FINANCE LENDER LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 93 11 Defendant.

13 Defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees and non-taxable costs came on for hearing before this court on January 27, 2022. Plaintiffs appeared through their counsel, Jeff Reich. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Emil Petrossian. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees and DENIES defendant’s request for non-taxable costs, for the reasons stated at the hearing. “District courts must calculate awards for attorneys’ fees using the ‘lodestar’ method.” Ferland v. Conrad Credit Corp., 244 F.3d 1145, 1149 n.4 (9th Cir. 2001). “The ‘lodestar’ is calculated by…