UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JOE HAND PROMOTIONS, INC.

Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 18-11426

v. ORDER

FADI ABUAWAD, et al., Defendants.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, ECF No. 14; and it appearing that the Honorable Michael A. Hammer issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) on January 29, 2020, in which he recommended that the Motion be granted and Plaintiff’s attorneys be awarded $1,525 in fees and $563 in costs, ECF No. 15; and it appearing that Defendants Fadi Abuawad and Fadi’s Café, LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) have not filed an objection to the R&R; and it appearing that, in any event, Judge Hammer properly applied the law in recommending that Plaintiff is entitled to attorneys’ fees under the Communications Act,

(e)(3)(B)(iii), see, e.g., Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Laguna Lounge LLC, No. 16-9184,

, at *2-3 (D.N.J. Jan. 5, 2018) and for the reasons set forth in Judge Hammer’s R&R; IT IS on this 25th day of March, 2020; ORDERED that Judge Hammer’s R&R, ECF No. 15, is ADOPTED and the Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, ECF No. 14, is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that judgment is entered against Defendants in the amount of $2,088, comprised of $1,525 for Plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees and $563 for their costs. /s Madeline Cox Arleo Hon. Madeline Cox Arleo UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE