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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stipulation And Order Extending The Temporary Stay Of All Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, And Expenses Related To All Work 

Before The Three-Judge Panel - Case No. Civ S 90-520 LKK-JFM 

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ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

MICHAEL W. BIEN, Bar No. 96891 

ERNEST GALVAN, Bar No. 196065 

JANE E. KAHN, Bar No. 112239 

AMY WHELAN, Bar No. 215675 

315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

DONALD SPECTER, Bar No. 83925 

STEVEN FAMA, Bar No. 99641 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

K&L GATES LLP 

JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN, Bar No. 99358 

EDWARD P. SANGSTER, Bar No. 121041 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5994 

Phone: (415) 882-8200 

BINGHAM, McCUTCHEN, LLP 

WARREN E. GEORGE, Bar No. 53588 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY – 

EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

CLAUDIA CENTER, Bar No. 158255 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, CA 94107 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., 

Defendants.1

Case No. CIV S 90-520 LKK-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY STAY 

OF ALL ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, 

AND EXPENSES RELATED TO ALL 

WORK BEFORE THE THREE-JUDGE 

PANEL 

 

1 The names of defendants currently serving and their official capacities have been substituted 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25. 

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Stipulation And Order Extending The Temporary Stay Of All Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, And Expenses Related To All Work 

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs and defendants STIPULATE as follows: 

1. In briefs filed with this court regarding plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and expenses 

incurred before the Three-Judge Panel, plaintiffs have sought an award of attorneys’ fees and 

costs for work performed in connection with the Three-Judge Panel proceedings. Defendants 

have contended that a fees and costs award is premature and that the single judges lack 

jurisdiction over these fees matters. Nothing in this Stipulation may be deemed a concession of 

any party’s positions on entitlement to or reasonableness of attorneys’ fees and costs. 

2. In Plata v. Schwarzenegger, defendants moved for a stay of attorneys’ fees matters 

related to work before the Three-Judge Panel. Plata Docket 2227. Plaintiffs in the Plata case 

disputed defendants’ legal arguments, but did not contest the imposition of a stay until July 1, 

2010. Plata Docket 2241. Judge Henderson subsequently granted a temporary stay until July 1, 

2010. Plata Docket 2255. Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, Judge Henderson extended the 

stay until January 17, 2011 and later extended it until final resolution of the appeal pending 

before the United States Supreme Court. Plata Docket 2321, 2344. 

3. This Court, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, also ordered that all attorneys’ fees, 

costs and expense matters related to the Three-Judge Panel and related appeals be stayed until 

October 1, 2010. Coleman Docket 3801. This Court later extended the stay until January 17, 

2010 pursuant to a stipulation filed by the parties. Coleman Docket 3948. 

4. On November 30, 2010, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in 

the Coleman/Plata v. Brown Three-Judge matter. Accordingly, the parties jointly agree to extend 

the stay of all attorneys’ fees, costs and expense matters related to the Three-Judge Panel and 

related appeals until final resolution of the appeal pending before the United States Supreme 

Court, Case No. 09-1233. The parties will meet and confer regarding Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees, 

costs, and expense matters within thirty days of the date the Supreme Court’s decision is issued. 

In so doing, plaintiffs do not waive and will enforce their right to interest in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in the March 19, 1996 Coleman Periodic Fees order. Defendants do not 

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waive any rights or arguments to object to any and all fees and costs or to appeal any order 

regarding fees and costs arising out of the Three-Judge Panel proceedings. For the duration of 

the stay, any and all deadlines relating to motions or claims for attorneys’ fees, costs, and 

expenses contained in the Federal Civil Rules, the Federal Appellate Rules, the U.S. Supreme 

Court Rules, and/or the Local Rules for the Eastern District of California are stayed. If either 

party seeks to extend the stay beyond the conclusion of the Supreme Court appeal, the party may 

do so by seeking a subsequent stipulation or by filing a noticed motion before this Court. 

Dated: January 12, 2011 Respectfully submitted, 

ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

By: /s/ Amy Whelan 

Amy Whelan

 Attorney for Coleman Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 12, 2011 Office of the Attorney General 

By:/s/David Brice for

Debbie Vorous, Deputy Attorney General

 Attorney for Coleman Defendants 

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Stipulation And Order Extending The Temporary Stay Of All Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, And Expenses Related To All Work 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, this Court extends the 

stay of all attorneys’ fees, costs and expense matters related to the Three-Judge Panel until final 

resolution of the appeal pending before the United States Supreme Court, Case No. 09-1233. 

Plaintiffs have preserved and do not waive their right to claim interest in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in the March 19, 1996 Coleman Periodic Fees order. Defendants do not 

waive any rights or arguments to object to any and all fees and costs or to appeal any order 

regarding fees and costs arising out of the Three-Judge Panel proceedings. For the duration of 

the stay, any and all deadlines relating to motions or claims for attorneys’ fees, costs, and 

expenses contained in the Federal Civil Rules, the Federal Appellate Rules, the U.S. Supreme 

Court Rules, and/or the Local Rules for the Eastern District of California do not apply. If either 

party seeks to extend the stay beyond the conclusion of the Supreme Court appeal, the party may 

do so by seeking a subsequent stipulation or by filing a noticed motion before this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 19, 2011 

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