Legal Opinion
Gagasoules v. MBF Leasing LLC
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 8, 2013No. 08-CV-2409 (ADS)(ARL)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is a renewed application by the Defendant MBF Leasing, LLC (the “Defendant”) for attorneys’ fees and costs in connection to the Court’s previous order sanctioning the Plaintiff Jan Ni-blett (“Niblett”) and his company Luster Cote, Inc. (“Luster Cote”). For the reasons that follow, the Court grants the Defendant’s application, but in its discretion, reduces the award requested by forty percent.
I. BACKGROUND
On June 13, 2008, Gus Gagasoules (“Gaga-soules”), Niblett, Luster Cote, Rhonda Garner (“Garner”) and Garner’s…
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