State v. Grindling (Order Approving in Part and Denying in Part Attorney's Fees Request and Approving Compensation for Necessary Expenses)

NO. 26696

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I

STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CHRISTOPHER B. GRINDLING, Defendant-Appellant





APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT
(CASE NOS. 04-48531; 04-48534)







ORDER APPROVING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART ATTORNEY'S FEES REQUEST AND
APPROVING COMPENSATION FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES
(By: Foley, Presiding Judge, Nakamura, and Fujise, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the request for attorney's fees and expenses submitted on March 5, 2007, by Steven Booth Songstad, Esq., attorney for Defendant-Appellant Christopher B. Grindling, pursuant to Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 39 and Hawaii Revised Statutes § 802-5 (1993), as well as the attachments thereto and the record, it appears that expenses in the amount of $93.98 are reasonable and the amount of $2,009.00 requested for attorney's fees is unreasonable. Therefore,IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that expenses in the amount of $93.98 and attorney's fees in the lesser amount of $1,937.00 (46.40 at $40/hour and .9 at $90/hour) are approved.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, May 8, 2007.

Steven Booth Songstad
for Defendant-Appellant
on the request