Free Order on Motion for Attorney Fees - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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d/b/a SPORT CRAFT BOATS,
- SPORT CRAFTER MARINE,
SPORT CRAFT, INC.,
ROBERTS ACQUISITION CORP.,
and STONE HARBOR MARINA,
-Defendant
RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RE—OPEN CASE AND FOR COSTS AND FEES
The plaintiff’s motion seeking to re—0pen this case and the
costs and attorney's fees associated with his efforts to consummate I
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the Settlement (Dkt. # 30) is GRANTED ABSENT OBJECTION IN PART AND `
DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN PART. Wherefore the Judgment stated
that the case was “dismissed without costs and without prejudice to
the right of any parties to move within 30 days to re—open the case
if settlement has not been consummated” (Dkt. # 29) and wherefore
the plaintiff did in fact move to re-open the case within 30 days
I as the settlement had not been consummated, the motion to re—open
the case is GRANTED ABSENT OBJECTION. The clerk shall restore the
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i However, it is axiomatic that a motion for an award of
attorney’s fees must be accompanied by an affidavit which sets
forth, grtg gig, the customary hourly rate that the moving
attorney bills and the total number of hours expended. Since no
such affidavit accompanied this motion, the motion is DENIED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated at Hartford, Connecticut this 20*" day of August, 2004.
[s/ Thomas P. Smith
Thomas P. Smith
United States Magistrate Judge
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