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PIERSON v. ORLANDO REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., 6:08-cv-466-Orl-28GJK. (2012)

Court: District Court, M.D. Florida Number: infdco20120127h14 Visitors: 12
Filed: Jan. 25, 2012
Latest Update: Jan. 25, 2012
Summary: ORDER JOHN ANTOON, II, District Judge. This case is before the Court on Defendants' Roy Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Amended Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs (Doc. No. 394) filed August 25, 2011, and Defendants' Roy W. Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Motion for Sanctions (Doc. No. 397) filed September 8, 2011. The United States Magistrate Judge has submitted a report recommending that the motion for fees and costs be granted in part and deni
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ORDER

JOHN ANTOON, II, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on Defendants' Roy Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Amended Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs (Doc. No. 394) filed August 25, 2011, and Defendants' Roy W. Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Motion for Sanctions (Doc. No. 397) filed September 8, 2011. The United States Magistrate Judge has submitted a report recommending that the motion for fees and costs be granted in part and denied in part, and the motion for sanctions be denied.

After an independent de novo review of the record in this matter, and noting that no objections were timely filed, the Court agrees entirely with the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Report and Recommendation. Therefore, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. That the Report and Recommendation filed December 13, 2011 (Doc. No. 418) is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED and made a part of this Order.

2. Defendants' Roy Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Amended Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs (Doc. No. 394) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

3. The Motion is GRANTED to the extent that pursuant to Section 395.0193(9)(a), Florida Statutes and 28 U.S.C. § 1920, fees and costs are awarded to Defendants Roy Sanders, M.D., and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, in the amount of $93,633.00 in attorneys' fees, and $28,970.74 in costs, for a total of $122,603.74. The Motion is otherwise DENIED.

4. Defendants' Roy W. Sanders, M.D. and Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered, Motion for Sanctions (Doc. No. 397) is DENIED.

DONE and ORDERED.

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