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Elkhouly v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Aug 30, 2019
17 Civ. 2318 (AT) (SN) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2019)

Opinion

17 Civ. 2318 (AT) (SN)

08-30-2019

AHMED ELKHOULY and EVELINA VELEZ, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Police Officer PETER MARTER (Shield No. 18790), and Police Officer TIMOTHY FINN (Shield No. 02795), Defendants.


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION :

Having received no objections to Magistrate Judge Netburn's August 15, 2019 Amended Report and Recommendation (the "Amended R&R"), ECF No. 132, the Court reviewed the Amended R&R, the original Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 129, and the reasons set forth in Judge Netburn's oral ruling, ECF No. 135, for clear error, and found none. Santiago v. Colvin, 12 Civ. 7052, 2014 WL 1092967, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 17, 2014).

The Court, therefore, ADOPTS the Amended R&R in its entirety. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants shall pay Plaintiffs for 186.07 hours of Robert Lloyd Herbst's time at $650/hour, for a fee of $120,942.25; and pay for 383.12 hours of Benjamin Ashmore's time at $150/hour, for a fee of $57,468. The total fee award is $178,410.25. Additionally, Defendants shall reimburse Plaintiffs $12,572.64 in reasonable expenses.

The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 115 and close the case.

SO ORDERED. Dated: August 30, 2019

New York, New York

/s/_________

ANALISA TORRES

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Elkhouly v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Aug 30, 2019
17 Civ. 2318 (AT) (SN) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2019)
Case details for

Elkhouly v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:AHMED ELKHOULY and EVELINA VELEZ, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: Aug 30, 2019

Citations

17 Civ. 2318 (AT) (SN) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2019)

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