Defendants Limitless Trading Co. LLC and Aleem Wadhwani’s motion for attorneys’ fees is GRANTED in the amount of $22,575.15, inclusive of costs.

Plaintiff Chad Padilla’s motion to strike the memorandum of costs is GRANTED.

On December 12, 2019, Plaintiff Chad Padilla (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in pro per against Defendant Limitless Trading Co. LLC (“LTC”), Aleem Wadhwani (“Wadhwani”), Shabir Samiar (“Samiar”), DeClerq Law Group Inc. (“DLG”), and William DeClerq

(“DeClerq”). The Complaint states a single cause of action for defamation.

The Complaint arises out of a series of lawsuits involving Plaintiff and Defendants. The Complaint alleges that in November 2019, Defendants made meritless and false allegations against Padilla, including false allegations of the unauthorized practice of law, verbal threats against Defendants and attempting to extort money from Defendants. These false allegations were put in writing by filing an action against Padilla. Those allegations were detr