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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOCIETE D’EQUIPMENTS 

INTERNATIONAUX NIGERIA, LTD,

Plaintiff,

v.

DOLARIAN CAPITAL, INC., and ARA G. 

DOLARIAN, 

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-01553-DAD-SKO

ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FILING

(Doc. 63)

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Notice of Motion and Motion for Entry of Order for Civil 

Contempt and Sanctions (the “Motion”). (Doc. 63.) In its briefing in support of the Motion, 

Plaintiff requests $2,896.40 for “roundtrip airfare,” $604.28 for “hotel,” $8,320 in attorneys’ fees 

at a rate of $325 per hour for “travel time and pre-departure preparation,” and $1,592.50 in 

attorneys’ fees “incurred in preparing” the Motion. (Doc. 63, Ex. 1 at 3–4.) The Court notes, 

however, that Plaintiff have not provided sufficient detail to support its requests for attorneys’ 

fees. (See Doc. 63; id., Exs. 1–2.)

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to file an affidavit in support of its requests for 

attorneys’ fees in the Motion by no later than Friday, October 14, 2016. This affidavit shall “state 

the number of hours worked on each task, the hourly rate of each person” who prepared the 

Motion and its accompanying materials, “and a showing that the hourly rates claimed are 

justified.” Albee v. Cont’l Tire N. Am., Inc., 780 F. Supp. 2d 1005, 1013 (E.D. Cal. 2011).

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In light of the foregoing and pursuant to Local Rule 230(g), the Court VACATES the 

hearing on the Motion set for Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The Court reserves the right to reset 

the hearing at a later date if it determines oral argument is necessary.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 7, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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