Paidi et al v. Mills et al

Paidi et al v. Mills et al

Plaintiff:	Lavanya Akula, Hareen Karra, Holly Elizabeth Benoit, Jitendra Kumar Patel, Nareen Adusumelli, Ravi Kumar Chenna, Sunitha Talluri, Venkat Rao Dandamudi, Naveen Parupalli, Krishna Kishore Inapuri, Yecham Kumaraswamy, Nitasha Khurana, Seong Mi Seo Kim, Grace Chan, Ngoc Bui, Jitendra Keshavlal Patel, Sumirkumar S. Talati, Sireesh K. Thummalapally, Kaichuan Yeh, Herng Yih Lai, Young Mee Lee, Getu Nagasa, Xuan Uyen Thuy Nghiem, Sirisha Parupalli, Yvonne May Perry and Phuong Giang
Defendant:	New York State Department of Education, New York State Board of Regents, David Steiner and Merryl H. Tisch
Consolidated_plaintiff:	Vishnu Akula, Harinath Talampally, Balaji Duddukuru and Murali Kothuri
Consolidated_defendant:	New York State Board of Regents
Case Number:	1:2008cv06932
Filed:	August 4, 2008
Court:	US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office:	Foley Square Office
County:	XX Out of State
Presiding Judge:	Jesse M. Furman
Nature of Suit:	Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action:	28 U.S.C. § 1331
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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March 28, 2013	Filing 117 OPINION AND ORDER re: (87 in 1:08-cv-06932-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Alanna Farrell, (92 in 1:08-cv-06932-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Getu Nagasa, Nitasha Khurana, Sirisha Parupalli, Sireesh K. Thummalapally, Nareen Adusumell i, Sumirkumar S. Talati, Seong Mi Seo Kim, Ravi Kumar Chenna, Venkat Rao Dandamudi, Jitendra Keshavlal Patel, Krishna Kishore Inapuri, Balaji Duddukuru, Yvonne May Perry, Jitendra Kumar Patel, Sunitha Talluri, Vishnu Akula, Young Mee Lee, Grace Chan, Kaichuan Yeh, Herng Yih Lai, Ngoc Bui, Lavanya Akula, Naveen Parupalli, Xuan Uyen Thuy Nghiem, Lakshman Rao Paidi, Phuong Giang, Hareen Karra, Yecham Kumaraswamy, Holly Elizabeth Benoit, (62 in 1:09-cv-04902-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Al anna Farrell. For the reasons discussed above, Plaintiffs' motions for attorney's fees and costs are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The Adusumelli Plaintiffs' request for $304,500.95 in fees and costs will be reduced by $ ;65,415 for Chittur's excessive billing rate (436.1 hours claimed multiplied by the $150 per hour reduction), $500 for the disallowed miscellaneous costs, and then by fifteen percent across-the-board for the vague entries and claimed p aralegal and clerical work. The Adusumelli Plaintiff are therefore awarded $202,798.06 in attorney's fees and costs. Farrell's request for $215,020.34 in attorney's fees and costs will be reduced by $5,062.50 based on Ha rter Secrest's prior work on the Kirk litigation and by $2,088.75 for counsels' travel time. Farrell is therefore awarded $207,869.09 in attorney's fees and costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Docket Nos. 87 and 92 and to close these cases. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 3/28/2013) (lmb)

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Filing 117 OPINION AND ORDER re: (87 in 1:08-cv-06932-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Alanna Farrell, (92 in 1:08-cv-06932-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Getu Nagasa, Nitasha Khurana, Sirisha Parupalli, Sireesh K. Thummalapally, Nareen Adusumell i, Sumirkumar S. Talati, Seong Mi Seo Kim, Ravi Kumar Chenna, Venkat Rao Dandamudi, Jitendra Keshavlal Patel, Krishna Kishore Inapuri, Balaji Duddukuru, Yvonne May Perry, Jitendra Kumar Patel, Sunitha Talluri, Vishnu Akula, Young Mee Lee, Grace Chan, Kaichuan Yeh, Herng Yih Lai, Ngoc Bui, Lavanya Akula, Naveen Parupalli, Xuan Uyen Thuy Nghiem, Lakshman Rao Paidi, Phuong Giang, Hareen Karra, Yecham Kumaraswamy, Holly Elizabeth Benoit, (62 in 1:09-cv-04902-JMF) MOTION for Attorney Fees filed by Al anna Farrell. For the reasons discussed above, Plaintiffs' motions for attorney's fees and costs are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The Adusumelli Plaintiffs' request for $304,500.95 in fees and costs will be reduced by $ ;65,415 for Chittur's excessive billing rate (436.1 hours claimed multiplied by the $150 per hour reduction), $500 for the disallowed miscellaneous costs, and then by fifteen percent across-the-board for the vague entries and claimed p aralegal and clerical work. The Adusumelli Plaintiff are therefore awarded $202,798.06 in attorney's fees and costs. Farrell's request for $215,020.34 in attorney's fees and costs will be reduced by $5,062.50 based on Ha rter Secrest's prior work on the Kirk litigation and by $2,088.75 for counsels' travel time. Farrell is therefore awarded $207,869.09 in attorney's fees and costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Docket Nos. 87 and 92 and to close these cases. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 3/28/2013) (lmb)

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