TYNES
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
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This is a post-judgment order in a civil case where the district court adopted a magistrate judge's report and recommendation regarding attorney's fees and costs. The court granted in part and denied in part the plaintiff's motions for attorney's fees ($192,357.00 awarded) and costs ($5,299.68 reimbursed).
The court adopted the magistrate judge's report and recommendation, granting the plaintiff's renewed motion for attorney's fees in part, awarding $192,357.00, and granting the motion for bill of costs in part, awarding $5,299.68 in cost reimbursement.
[1] A magistrate judge's report and recommendation is adopted when no party files objections within the allotted time.
[2] A plaintiff may be awarded a portion of requested attorney's fees.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“the time to file objections has passed and no party has filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Hunt's Report and Recommendation. [DE 251]. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge's findings in the Report [DE 251] are hereby adopted and deemed incorporated into this opinion.”
Establishes the standard that unopposed magistrate judge reports are adopted by the district court.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe case involves Tynes v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. A Magistrate Judge Hunt issued a Report and Recommendation on February 13, 2025, re…
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THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Attorney's Fees [DE 178] and Renewed Motion for Bill of Costs [DE 179] and the February 13, 2025, Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Hunt [DE 251].
The Court notes that the time to file objections has passed and no party has filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Hunt's Report and Recommendation. [DE 251]. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge's findings in the Report [DE 251] are hereby adopted and deemed incorporated into this opinion. LoConte v. Dugger, 847 F. 2d 745, 749-50 (11th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 958 (1988); RTC v. Hallmark Builders, Inc., 996 F. 2d 1144, 1149 (11th Cir. 1993).
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Report [DE 251] is hereby ADOPTED and APPROVED.
2. Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Attorney's Fees, [DE 178] is hereby GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows: a. Plaintiff is awarded $192,357.00 in attorney's fees.
3. Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Bill of Costs, [DE 179] is hereby GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows:
a. Plaintiff shall be reimbursed for $5,299.68 in costs.
4. Pursuant to the Court's Order at [DE 252] granting in part and denying in part [DE 230], a. [DE 232] (Defendant's MOTION Objecting to Plaintiff's Motion to Disburse Funds in Court's Registry [DE 230]) and [DE 234] (Amended MOTION Objecting to Plaintiff's Motion to Disburse Funds in Court's Registry [DE 230]) are hereby DENIED as moot.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, this 4th day of March 2025.
WILLIAM P. DIMITROULEAS United States District Judge
Copies furnished to: Counsel of record Magistrate Judge Hunt
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- LoCONTE v. Dugger, 847 F.2d 745 (11th Cir. 1988)
- Resolution Tr. Corp. v. Hallmark Builders, Inc., 996 F.2d 1144 (11th Cir. 1993)