Munoz
Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Munoz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Case No. 22-cv-07696-JD
LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE
TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et al., ORDER RE ATTORNEY'S FEES Plaintiffs, 7 v.
ARTURO SOLORZANO MUNOZ,
? Defendant. 10 In the default judgment order, the Court concluded that plaintiff Board of Trustees was || entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1) but
< 13 || had not justified an hourly billing rate of $350. See Dkt. No. 22 at 5 (discussing Welch v.
v || Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 480 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2007)). The Board’s supplemental
|| statement, Dkt. No. 23, cited fee awards by other courts in this District of $350 per hour for A || plaintiffs counsel, Ronald Richman, in similar cases. See id. (citing, e.g., Bd. of Trustees of
= || Laborers Health & Welfare Tr. Fund for N. California v. Norcal Excavating, Inc., No. 23-cv- 01994-TSH, 2023 WL 8482751, at *9…