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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW T. THOMASSON; and REBECCA J.

THOMASSON, on behalf of themselves and

others similarly situated,

Civil No. 05cv0940-LAB (CAB)

Plaintiffs, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’

DECLARATION REGARDING

SANCTIONS

[Doc. No. 126]

v.

GC SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; and

DOES 1 through 25, inclusive,

Defendants.

On August 31, 2006, the Court issued an Order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel certain

depositions and issuing sanctions against Defendant with regard to the same. [Doc. No. 126.] The

Court directed Plaintiffs’ counsel submit a declaration regarding the fees incurred in preparing the

motion to aid in the determination of an appropriate sanction. Counsel submitted their declarations on

September 18, 2006. [Doc. No. 134.] Defendant opposed the amount requested by Plaintiff’s counsel

and submitted an opposition on September 21, 2006.

The declarations submitted by Plaintiffs’ counsel claim an amount in excess of $23,000 to

prepare the discovery motion. The Court finds this amount unreasonable. This was a simple and

straight forward motion that could have been prepared by a junior associate. Plaintiffs submitted a claim

of over 47 hours billed at $500 an hour for the motion. Given the nature of the motion, the Court deems

a fee of half the time at half the price would be reasonable. Therefore, Defendant and its counsel shall

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pay a discovery sanction in the amount of $6,000 to Plaintiffs no later than October 6, 2006.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 26, 2006

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

United States Magistrate Judge

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