Harry Dennis v. Stephanie Berg

628 F. App'x 510

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 5, 2016
• Docket: 13-56768
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiffs Stephanie Berg and Omar Rivero appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for attorneys’ fees in a certified class action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C, § 1291, and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Plaintiffs’ fee motion as untimely. In re Mercury Interactive Corp. Sec. Litig., 618 F.3d 988, 992 (9th Cir.2010). Despite a clear court order that all fee applications be submitted at least forty-five days prior to the settlement hearing, Plaintiffs did not submit their motion until two weeks after the settlement had been finalized. This delay contravened Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(h), which requires that fee motions in certified class actions be made “at a time the court sets.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(h)(1). .

We need not reach the remaining issues raised on appeal.

AFFIRMED.

*** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.