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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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No. C-00-0905 SI (pr) Stipulation and Proposed Order Granting Plaintiff an Extended Page Limitation

for the Reply in Support of His Motion for Award of Attorneys Fees 1

CHAPMAN, POPIK & WHITE, LLP

William B. Chapman, State Bar No. 88079

Mark A. White, State Bar No. 88332

650 California Street, Suite 1900

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 352-3000

Facsimile: (415) 352-3030

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Ernesto Lira

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ERNESTO LIRA,

Plaintiff,

v.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.

Defendant.

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No. C-00-0905 SI (pr)

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF AN

EXTENDED PAGE LIMITATION FOR

THE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF HIS

MOTION FOR AWARD OF

ATTORNEYS FEES

Hearing: February 19, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 10

Judge: The Honorable Susan

Illston

STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11, plaintiff Ernesto Lira and defendant Secretary of the

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) hereby stipulate to an order

granting plaintiff administrative relief to extend the page limitation on his reply memorandum in

support of his pending motion for award of attorneys fees to and including 22 pages.

This page extension is requested by plaintiff Lira, and stipulated to by CDCR, for the

following reasons:

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for the Reply in Support of His Motion for Award of Attorneys Fees 2

1. Local Rule 7-2(b) limits plaintiff’s reply brief to 15 pages in length. Mr. Lira and his

counsel believe that this is insufficient here because of the magnitude and complexity of the fee

motion, which covers attorney services by two firms over a period of six years.

2. CDCR’s opposition raises challenges to virtually every aspect of plaintiff’s fee

motion, including claimed hourly rates, claimed attorney and paralegal hours, reduction for alleged

partial success, and availability and awardability of a multiplier. Plaintiff Lira and his counsel

believe that they cannot adequately respond to each and all of these challenges without extension of

the 15-page limit for his reply.

3. In addition, CDCR’s opposition also includes a declaration from a retained fee

auditing expert, which sets forth a detailed critique of the reasonableness of attorney and paralegal

hours submitted from both of plaintiff’s law firms, and which Mr. Lira and his counsel believe

requires some detailed response in reply.

Dated: February 1, 2010 CHAPMAN, POPIK & WHITE LLP

By: /s/

Mark A. White

Attorneys for Plaintiff Ernesto Lira

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL

OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

By: ______/s/___________________________

Scott J. Feudale

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant

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No. C-00-0905 SI (pr) Stipulation and Proposed Order Granting Plaintiff an Extended Page Limitation

for the Reply in Support of His Motion for Award of Attorneys Fees 3

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and good cause having been shown;

IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff is granted leave to file his reply memorandum in support of

his motion for attorneys fees with an extended page limit up to and including 22 pages.

Dated:

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United States District Judge

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No. C-00-0905 SI (pr) Stipulation and Proposed Order Granting Plaintiff an Extended Page Limitation

for the Reply in Support of His Motion for Award of Attorneys Fees 4

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Lira v. Director of Corrections, et al.

United States District Court, N.D. Cal., Case No. C-00-0905 SI

I, the undersigned, declare:

I hereby certify that on February 1, 2010, I electronically filed the following documents with

the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system:

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF AN EXTENDED PAGE

LIMITATION FOR THE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF HIS MOTION FOR AWARD OF

ATTORNEYS FEES

I certify that all participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be

accomplished by the CM/ECF system.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing

is true and correct. Executed at San Francisco, California on February 1, 2010.

______/s/______________

 Denise Brasher

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