Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBIN PRICE, Case No. 3:22-cv-04300-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE ATTORNEY’S FEES

v.

RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

11 Defendant.

12 In this benefits dispute under ERISA, plaintiff Robin Price, an employee of Medtronic, Inc., requests reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in securing payment and reinstatement of long- term disability benefits. See Dkt. Nos. 1, 19. After Price initiated this lawsuit, defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance Standard) reinstated his benefits. See Dkt. No. 20 ¶ 48. The parties advised the Court that their dispute had been resolved in all respects except for the matter of attorney’s fees. See Dkt. No. 14 at 2. Price now requests an award of $68,545 in attorney’s fees, and an additional $8,000 for drafting his reply brief in support of a fee award, for a total of $76,545. Dkt. Nos. 19, 31. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and Price’s motion is granted in part. The parties do…