O.H. v. Secret Harbor

Opinion

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3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 O.H, an individual, and C.D., an CASE NO. 2:23-cv-00060-JNW 8 individual, ORDER 9 Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 SECRET HARBOR, a non-profit corporation; 12 Defendant. 13

14 On October 29, 2024, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel and 15 ordering that Secret Harbor pay the reasonable costs incurred by Plaintiffs “for (1) 16 obtaining a court reporter for Secret Harbor’s first deposition in this matter, (2) 17 obtaining the transcript for that deposition, and (3) reasonable attorney fees 18 incurred in filing this motion and the corresponding reply brief.” Dkt. No. 173. The 19 Court ordered Plaintiffs to submit a fee petition, which Plaintiffs have done via 20 their Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs (Dkt. No. 180). 21 Defendants did not challenge the reasonableness of the award. And upon 22 review of the motion and accompanying exhibits the Court finds that the fees and 23 1 costs are reasonable given the prevailing market rates in the community. See

9 Gonzalez v. City of Maywood, 729 F.3d 1196, 1205 (9th Cir. 2013). Accordingly, the

3 Court AWARDS Plaintiffs $1,580.10 in costs and $3,170.00 in attorneys’ fees and

4 ORDERS Defendants to pay the same by May 7, 2025.

5 Dated this 29th day of April, 2025.

6 fama — 7 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23