Maturin v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
CARLOS MATURIN,
Plaintiff,
v.
Civ. No. 24-1125 JCH/SCY
T-MOBILE USA, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
This matter is before the Court on the Notice of Filing Affidavit in Support of Attorney’s
Fees and Costs (Dkt. No. 100). On January 8, 2026, this Court entered an Order Regarding
Objections and Adopting Proposed Findings and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 95). As relevant
here, the Court granted Defendant’s request for sanctions, requiring Plaintiff to pay Defendant’s
reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, necessary to investigate any of the false citations
Plaintiff used in any filings; related to Defendant’s motion for sanctions (Dkt. No. 67) and its
supplement (Dkt No. 73); and related to Plaintiff’s failure to appear at his August 15, 2025
deposition. Order 3-4, Dkt. No. 95. The Court ordered Defendant to file an affidavit outlining the
attorney’s fees and costs that it requests pertaining to the sanctions awarded and gave Plaintiff 14
days thereafter to file objections to the amount Defendant requests. Id. at 4. Defendant timely filed
its affidavit on January 21, 2026. Notice, Dkt. No. 100. Plaintiff filed an appeal with the Tenth
Circuit on January 12, 2026, which was dismissed on February 17, 2026. Order, Dkt. No. 102. The
Court extended the time for Plaintiff to file objections to the Affidavit for attorney’s fees and costs
to March 6, 2026. Order, Dkt. No. 103. Plaintiff failed to timely object to the amounts requested.
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“To determine the reasonableness of a fee request, a court must begin by calculating the
so-called ‘lodestar amount’ of a fee, and a claimant is entitled to the presumption that this lodestar
amount reflects a ‘reasonable’ fee.” Robinson v. City of Edmond, 160 F.3d 1275, 1281 (10th Cir.
2 1998). The lodestar calculation is the product of the number of hours reasonably expended and
the reasonable hourly rate. Id. The Court has given due consideration to the factors in determining
the reasonableness of the rates and hours expended in this case and determines that Defendant has
met its burden to demonstrate that the requested fee award is both appropriate and reasonable.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Court hereby imposes sanctions against
Plaintiff Carlos Maturin in the amount of $8,640.34 for attorney’s fees and costs, to be paid on or
before April 9, 2026.
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SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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