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WRITER’S DIRECT: 212-661-1008 anne @leelitigation.com April 30, 2020 Via ECF The Honorable Jesse M. Furman, U.S.D.J. United States District Court Southern District of New York 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 Re: Santiago v. The Tequila Gastropub LLC et al Case No. 16-cv-7499 Dear Judge Furman: We are counsel to Plaintiffs in the above-captioned matter. As per the Court’s Order dated April 22, 2020 (Docket No. 70), Defendants were required to file any opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Settlement Agreement by April 29, 2020. As required, Plaintiffs filed proof of service of the Order on Defendants on April 24, 2020 (Docket No. 71). Because Defendants have failed to file an opposition, we write to respectfully request that the Court grant Plaintiffs’ Motion as unopposed. We thank Your Honor for considering this matter. Respectfully, /s/ Anne Seelig Anne Seelig, Esq. motion to enforce the settlement agreement approved by the Court on January 25, 2018, is GRANTED as and for substantially the reasons stated in Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law, ECF No. 69. See Sugar v. Eleven Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 18-CV-67 (VB),

, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 28, 2020 courts are empowered to enforce such settlement agreements summarily." (internal quotation marks

counsel's request for attorney's fees at an hourly rate of $550 for Ms. Seelig and $125 for her paralegal, N is DENIED. Courts in this District have repeatedly found such rates unreasonably high. See, e.g., Galindo Cty. Louth Inc., No. 16-CV-9149 (KPF),

, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2017) (finding an hourly reasonable for Ms. Seelig's work in a "straightforward FLSA/NYLL action"); Abreu v. Congregation Yetev Meats & Poultry, Inc., No. 17-CV-272 (KAM) (LB),

, at *5 (E.D.N.Y. June 16, 2019) an hourly rate of $300 reasonable for Ms. Seelig and $85 reasonable for a paralegal). Accordingly, the Co ards attorney's fees at an hourly rate of $300 for Ms. Seelig and $85 for Ms. Driver, for a total of $427.50. Clerk of Court is directed to terminate ECF No. 67. SO moe eK □□□