The Coastal Bank v. Martin, CV414-038. (2018)
Court: District Court, S.D. Georgia
Number: infdco20180112a34
Visitors: 11
Filed: Jan. 11, 2018
Latest Update: Jan. 11, 2018
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR. , District Judge . The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed this Court's award of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff. (Doc. 81.) In addition, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that Defendants' claims were "clearly frivolous in the face of establish law and clear facts." ( Id. at 12 (quoting Parker v. Am. Traffic Solutions, Inc. , 835 F.3d 1363 , 1371 (11th Cir. 2016))). As a result, the Eleventh Circuit awarded Plaintiff its "costs and reasonable a
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR. , District Judge . The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed this Court's award of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff. (Doc. 81.) In addition, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that Defendants' claims were "clearly frivolous in the face of establish law and clear facts." ( Id. at 12 (quoting Parker v. Am. Traffic Solutions, Inc. , 835 F.3d 1363 , 1371 (11th Cir. 2016))). As a result, the Eleventh Circuit awarded Plaintiff its "costs and reasonable at..
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ORDER
WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR., District Judge.
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed this Court's award of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff. (Doc. 81.) In addition, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that Defendants' claims were "clearly frivolous in the face of establish law and clear facts." (Id. at 12 (quoting Parker v. Am. Traffic Solutions, Inc., 835 F.3d 1363, 1371 (11th Cir. 2016))). As a result, the Eleventh Circuit awarded Plaintiff its "costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred to defend this appeal," and ordered that Defendants' counsel be held jointly and severally liable. (Id. at 13.) The Eleventh Circuit remanded the case to this Court "for further proceedings to determine costs and reasonable attorneys' fees attributable to Defendant's frivolous appeal pursuant to [Federal] Rule [of Appellate Procedurel 38." Id. at 14.)
Accordingly, Plaintiff SHALL have twenty-one days from the date of this order to brief this Court on the appropriate award of costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. Defendants SHALL have fourteen days to respond. Any reply briefs SHALL be properly noticed and filed according to this district's local rules.
SO ORDERED.
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