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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Stip. Re: Att. Fees; [Prop.] Order (C 96-1486 CRB) 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of California 

JONATHAN L. WOLFF

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

Deputy Attorney General 

JOSE A. ZELIDON-ZEPEDA

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 227108 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Telephone: (415) 703-5781 

Fax: (415) 703-5843 

E-mail: Jose.ZelidonZepeda@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants State of California, et al. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DERRICK CLARK, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants.

C 96-1486 CRB 

STIPULATION REGARDING 

ATTORNEY’S FEES; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Judge The Honorable Charles R. 

Breyer 

Action Filed: April 22, 1996 

1. On September 16, 2010, this Court issued its Findings of Facts and Conclusions of 

Law denying Defendants’ Motion to Terminate the Settlement Agreement. (Doc. 500.) 

 2. The parties have been engaged in negotiations on Plaintiffs’ request for attorneys’ fees 

and costs for the time period from July 1, 2009 through September 29, 2010 for Jones Day, and 

July 1, 2009 through September 17, 2010 for the Prison Law Office. Plaintiffs have provided 

Defendants time runs and itemized costs, and Defendants have responded with objections. The 

parties have reached agreement to compromise Plaintiffs’ requests for any and all attorneys’ fees 

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Stip. Re: Att. Fees; [Prop.] Order (C 96-1486 CRB) 

and costs for these time periods (including, but not limited to, work connected to the hearing on 

the motion to terminate) in the amount of $2,300,000. No other fees or costs will be paid arising 

out of these time periods for these or any other counsel or entities, and Plaintiffs waive their right 

to any such fees or costs. 

 3. This agreement does not constitute a waiver by the parties of their respective legal 

arguments regarding the propriety of the fees and costs at issue. 

 Therefore, the parties, through their respective counsel, stipulate as follows: 

 Within 30 days of the date that the Court approves this Stipulation and Order, Defendants 

shall pay Plaintiffs’ counsel $2,300,000 for any and all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any 

and all attorneys, law firms, and non-profit organizations in this case during the relevant time 

periods. Defendants will write one check to the Prison Law Office, and the Prison Law Office 

will coordinate with any other attorney, law firm, or non-profit organization that is owed fees and 

costs. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 29, 2010 __/s/______________________ 

 Donald Specter, Esq. 

 Prison Law Office 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Dated: December 29, 2010 __/s/______________________ 

 Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda 

 California Attorney General’s Office 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ ___________________________ 

 Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

 United States District Judge 

January 3, 2011

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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