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Centro De La Comunidad Hispana De Locust Valley v. Town of Oyster Bay

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Jul 3, 2019
10-CV-2262 (DRH) (E.D.N.Y. Jul. 3, 2019)

Summary

awarding $500 and $600 hourly fees in civil rights matter

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Opinion

10-CV-2262 (DRH)

07-03-2019

CENTRO DE LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA DE LOCUST VALLEY; and THE WORKPLACE PROJECT, Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF OYSTER BAY; JOHN VENDITTO, Town Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay, Defendants.


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Presently before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields, dated June 18, 2019, recommending that Plaintiffs' motion for attorney's fees and cost be granted to the extent that Plaintiffs be awarded $1,482,248.00 in attorney's fees and $23,558.00 in costs for a total monetary award of $1,505,806.00. More than fourteen (14) days have passed since service of the Report and Recommendation and no objections have been filed.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72, this Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error, and finding none, now concurs in both its reasoning and its result. Accordingly, the Court adopts the June 18, 2019 Report and Recommendation of Judge Shields as if set forth herein. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees is granted to the extent that Plaintiffs are awarded $1,482,248.00 in attorney's fees and $23,558.00 in costs for a total monetary award of $1,505,806.00. Dated: Central Islip, New York

July 3, 2019

/s/ Denis R. Hurley

Denis R. Hurley

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Centro De La Comunidad Hispana De Locust Valley v. Town of Oyster Bay

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Jul 3, 2019
10-CV-2262 (DRH) (E.D.N.Y. Jul. 3, 2019)

awarding $500 and $600 hourly fees in civil rights matter

Summary of this case from Johnson v. City of New York
Case details for

Centro De La Comunidad Hispana De Locust Valley v. Town of Oyster Bay

Case Details

Full title:CENTRO DE LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA DE LOCUST VALLEY; and THE WORKPLACE…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: Jul 3, 2019

Citations

10-CV-2262 (DRH) (E.D.N.Y. Jul. 3, 2019)

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