Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Lisa Marie Rossi, an individual

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC Case No. 20-cv-01049-VC (RMI)

SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

9 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES v. Re: Dkt. No. 41 LISA MARIE ROSSI, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Now pending before the court is Plaintiff’s Motion (dkt. 41) seeking attorney fees for having to file several (substantially similar) motions to compel evidence (see dkts. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36). The court found that Plaintiff’s motions were well-taken and meritorious, and that Defendants’ resistance to producing the information in question was premised on “boilerplate objections that are non-specific, undeveloped, and unsupported by argument.” See Order of January 3, 2022 (dkt. 38) at 3. Plaintiff now seeks $16,335 in attorney fees and expenses, based on an hourly rate of $220, and 74.25 hours of time expended by Plaintiff’s counsel in reviewing Defendants’ initial and …