ORDER

JANE TRICHE MILAZZO, District Judge.

The Court, having considered the complaint, the record, the applicable law, the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") of the Chief United States Magistrate Judge, the parties' objections to the R&R, and the responses to those objections, hereby approves the R&R of the Chief United States Magistrate Judge and adopts it as this Court's opinion in this matter except to the extent the extent as modified by this Order.

As part of the R&R granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees, Judge Roby calculated attorney Christopher Williams' legal fees based on an hourly rate of $300.1 Williams objects that he sought to calculate his fees using a $320 hourly rate and that such a rate is reasonable in light of decisions by other sections of this Court.2 This Court agrees with Williams and finds that his hourly rate of $320 is reasonable in light of his experience. Accordingly, Williams' total reasonable fee based on 234.86 hours of work is $75,155.20. As such, the total reasonable fee award from the R&R shall be increased from $94,684.50 to $99,318.70 to reflect an increase of $4,697.20 in Williams' reasonable fee.

On an unrelated issue, Defendants object that the wording of the R&R suggests that Defendants' counsel, who are not parties to this lawsuit, are responsible for satisfying the attorneys' fees award.3 Plaintiffs do not oppose this objection.4 For the sake of clarity, this Court notes that only Defendants— not their counsel—are responsible for satisfying the attorneys' fees and reasonable costs due to Plaintiffs as a result of this Order.

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees is GRANTED and that Plaintiffs are awarded reasonable attorneys' fees in the amount of $99,318.70.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Plaintiffs are awarded reasonable costs in the amount of $3,537.49.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall satisfy their obligation to the Plaintiffs no later than twenty-one (21) days after the signing of this Order.