United States of America for the Use and Benefit of: McCullough Plumbing, Inc. v. Halbert Construction Company, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for the Case No.: 17-CV-803-CAB-WVG use and benefit of: 8

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

9 McCULLOUGH PLUMBING, INC., ATTORNEY’S FEES AND MOTION

TO ALTER JUDGMENT

10 Plaintiff,

11 v.

12 HALBERT CONSTRUCTION [Doc. Nos. 170, 175] COMPANY, INC. et al., 13 Defendants. 14

15 AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS AND

COUNTERCLAIMS AND THIRD

16 PARTY COMPLAINT 17 18 This matter is before the Court on a motion for attorneys’ fees, nontaxable costs, and 19 prejudgment interest by McCullough Plumbing, Inc. (“McCullough”) and The Guarantee 20 Company of North America USA (“Guarantee”), and a motion to alter the judgment by 21 Halbert Construction Company, Inc. (“Halbert”). The motions have been fully briefed, 22 and the Court deems them suitable for submission without oral argument. Both motions 23 are denied. 24 I. Background 25 The parties are familiar with the facts which will not be repeated in detail here. 26 Halbert was the prime contractor on a contract with the United States Army…