Daniels
Daniels v. Alphabet Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MARSHALL DANIELS, Case No. 20-cv-04687-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES
ALPHABET INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 39 Defendants.
13 Before the Court is defendants’ motion for an award of attorneys’ fees. The Court previously deferred ruling on this motion pending plaintiff Marshall Daniels’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Dkt. No. 46. The Ninth Circuit has issued a mandate and, pursuant to Local Rule 7-2, this motion is suitable for decision without oral argument. For the following reasons, the Court grants defendants’ motion.1 I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural Background On July 14, 2020, Mr. Daniels filed a complaint alleging that defendants had violated his First Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asserting several other state-law claims. Dkt. No. 1. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint. Dkt. No. 18. On March 31, 2021, the…