Deutsch Bank National Trust Company v. Kahclamat, et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BEAUMONT DIVISION
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for
Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-
Backed Trust Series INABS
2007-B, Home Equity Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificate
Series INABS 2007-B,
Plaintiff,
v.
JUSTIN KAHCLAMAT,
KAYLA KAHCLAMAT,
and IAN KAHCLAMAT,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:24-CV-495-MJT
ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This Court referred [Dkt. 19] Plaintiff Deutsche Bank National Trust Company’s Motion
for Attorney’s Fees and Costs [Dkt. 18] to the Honorable Christine L. Stetson, United States
Magistrate Judge, for review and disposition. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); E.D. TEX. LOC. R.
CV-72. The Court had also referred [Dkt. 15] Plaintiff’s initial Motion for Attorney’s Fees and
Costs [Dkt. 14] to Judge Stetson for the same.
On December 15, 2025, Judge Stetson issued a Report and Recommendation advising the
Court to (1) deny as moot Plaintiff’s initial Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs, and (2) grant in
part and deny in part Plaintiff’s second Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs by awarding
$3,892.50 in attorney’s fees and $1,547.44 in costs to Plaintiff. No party filed objections. As such,
the Court reviews Judge Stetson’s Report and Recommendation for clear error. It finds none.
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Order
The Report and Recommendation [Dkt. 20] is ADOPTED. Plaintiff’s initial Motion for
Attorney’s Fees and Costs [Dkt. 14] is DENIED as MOOT.
Plaintiff’s second Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs [Dkt. 18] is GRANTED in part
and DENIED in part. Plaintiff is awarded $3,892.50 in attorney’s fees and $1,547.44 in costs, not
as a personal judgment against Defendants but as an additional debt secured by the Note and
Secured Instrument at the basis of this suit.
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Michael J. Truncale
United States District Judge
SIGNED this 6th day of January, 2026.
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