Civil Procedure – Settlement Enforcement – Attorney’s Fees 
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Published: November 16, 2010
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Rebecca Beach Smith, Judge Tommy E. Miller, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A Newport News U.S. District Court adopts a magistrate judge’s report and grants plaintiff’s motion to enforce a settlement agreement that awards plaintiff $60,000 in her Title VII case, but the court denies plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees incurred in pursuing this motion to enforce.
Plaintiff was employed as biomedical lead technician for defendant American Medical ...
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