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discussing at length how to properly manage apostrophes and plurals when referring to the fees to be awarded attorneys, and settling on the following reasonable solution: “I will use ‘attorney's fees' to refer to fees sought by one lawyer and ‘attorneys' fees' to refer to fees sought by more than one lawyer. I will eschew entirely ‘attorney fees' and ‘attorneys fees.' Now, back to the show.”
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Civil Action 3:19-cv-00320
08-24-2023
THE ESTATE OF TERRY GENTRY, et al., v. HAMILTON-RYKER IT SOLUTIONS, LLC.
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On September 15, 2020, all dispositive and non-dispositive pretrial matters in this case were referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Dkt. 39. Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation on August 7, 2023, recommending that Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Attorneys' Fees and Costs Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (Dkt. 95) be granted. See Dkt. 118.
No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation. Accordingly, the court reviews it for plain error on the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3).
Based on the pleadings, the record, and the applicable law, the court finds that there is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly:
(1) Judge Edison's Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 118) is approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Attorneys' Fees and Costs Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (Dkt. 95) is granted. HR-IT is ordered to
pay Plaintiffs attorneys' fees in the amount of $160,755 and costs in the amount of $1,000.45.