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Castellanos v. Mid Bronx Cmty. Hous. Mgmt. Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Jun 9, 2014
13 Civ. 3061 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 9, 2014)

Summary

approving rate of $350 per hour for experienced partner and collecting cases awarding $300-400 rates for partners

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Opinion

13 Civ. 3061 (JGK)

06-09-2014

JOSE CASTELLANOS, Plaintiff, v. MID BRONX COMMUNITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT CORP., Defendant.


ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge :

The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Francis, dated May 19, 2014. The Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court grant an award for the plaintiff in the amount of $21,410.10.

No objections have been filed to the Report and Recommendation, and the time for any objections has passed. In any event, the Court finds that the Report and Recommendation is well reasoned and its conclusions are well founded. The Court therefore adopts the Report and Recommendation and directs the Clerk to enter Judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $21,410.10, plus additional pre-Judgment interest at the rate of $1.05 per diem running from May 19, 2014 to the date on which Judgment is entered in this action. The Clerk is also directed to close all pending motions and to close this case.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: New York, New York

June 9, 2014

/s/ _________

John G. Koeltl

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Castellanos v. Mid Bronx Cmty. Hous. Mgmt. Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Jun 9, 2014
13 Civ. 3061 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 9, 2014)

approving rate of $350 per hour for experienced partner and collecting cases awarding $300-400 rates for partners

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approving rate of $350 per hour for experienced partner and collecting cases

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Case details for

Castellanos v. Mid Bronx Cmty. Hous. Mgmt. Corp.

Case Details

Full title:JOSE CASTELLANOS, Plaintiff, v. MID BRONX COMMUNITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: Jun 9, 2014

Citations

13 Civ. 3061 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 9, 2014)

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