Legal Opinion
Guillemard-Ginorio v. Contreras
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 18, 2009No. Civ. 03-2317 (PG)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER NUNC PRO TUNC 1
JUAN M. PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
Before the Court now is Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs and the Defendants’ opposition thereto. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, Plaintiffs request an award of $2,758,595.50 in attorney fees and $108,506.04 in costs and expenses. After considering the submissions on record and the applicable law, Plaintiffs’ request is hereby GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART for the reasons set forth below.
I. BACKGROUND
Andres Guillemard-Ginorio (“Guille-mard”) and his spouse, Maria Noble-Fernandez (“Noble”), both…
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