Ricksecker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GREGORY P. RICKSECKER, Case No. 21-cv-04681-HSG (SK)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

v. FOR MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’

FEES AND COSTS

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant. Regarding Docket Nos. 41,

This matter was referred to the undersigned for a report and recommendation on the motion for attorneys’ fees and costs filed by Plaintiff Gregory P. Ricksecker (“Plaintiff”) against Defendant Ford Motor Company (“Defendant”). For the reasons set forth below, the Court RECOMMENDS GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART Plaintiff’s motion. The Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s request for judicial notice. Fed. R. Evid. 201. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed this “lemon law” action under California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“Song-Beverly Act”), Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1790-1795.8, against Defendants Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) over issues with his 2014 Ford Fusion (the “Vehicle”). On September 8,…