J.A. v. New York City Department of Education
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:22-cv-09454
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In J.A. v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Caproni awarded the plaintiffs $24,268.98 in attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs.
J.A. and N.D., individually and on behalf of J.A., received a total award of $24,268.98 from the New York City Department of Education for attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs.
What happened
J.A. and N.D., individually and on behalf of J.A., sought attorneys’ fees and costs from the New York City Department of Education.
The court overruled the Department’s objections to a recommended decision and adopted that decision in full. It also considered an additional 2.5 hours that attorney Walsh spent responding to the objections.
Judge Caproni’s court found those additional hours reasonable, applied a recommended hourly rate of $375, and awarded the plaintiffs an additional $937.50. The total award was $24,268.98 in attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs.
The detailed version
- J.A. v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:22-cv-09454
- Valerie Caproni
- Nov. 6, 2023
Nature of the Judgment
This judgment concerned the plaintiffs’ request for attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs. The opinion refers to the Court’s November 3, 2023 order and a recommended report and recommendation (R&R), but that earlier order is not included in the provided text.
Ruling
The court overruled the New York City Department of Education’s objections to the R&R and adopted the R&R in full. The court separately considered attorney Walsh’s additional 2.5 hours spent preparing a four-page response to the Department’s objections. It found those hours reasonable, although near the upper end of what would be reasonable.
The court applied Judge Gorenstein’s recommended hourly rate of $375 for Walsh and awarded the plaintiffs an additional $937.50 in attorneys’ fees. The judgment states that the plaintiffs were awarded a total of $24,268.98 in attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs.
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