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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 [Proposed] Order Re Post-Judgment Fees and Costs 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

STEVEN FAMA – 099641 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

JANE E. KAHN – 112239 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

AARON J. FISCHER – 247391 

LAURA BOYSEN-ARAGON – 248083 

ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

315 Montgomery Street, Tenth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1823 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

CLAUDIA CENTER – 158255 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY – 

EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, California 94104-4244 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

WARREN E. GEORGE – 053588 

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111-4066 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, Jr., et al., 

Defendants.1

 Case No. Civ S 90-0520 LKK-JFM 

Stipulation and Order Resolving 

Disputes Regarding Coleman PostJudgment Fees and Costs Related to 

Three-Judge Panel Proceedings and 

Related Appeals 

Judge: Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

 

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 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 [Proposed] Order Re Post-Judgment Fees and Costs 

All matters concerning attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs arising out of the threejudge court litigation were stayed pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision. (See 

Coleman Docket 3948, 2977.) On May 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 

decision affirming the three-judge court’s order. Defendants and counsel for the Coleman 

class submit this stipulation concerning attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs arising out of 

the three-judge court litigation and related appeals through June 30, 2011, other than 

attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs incurred by the Prison Law Office, which were 

resolved by a separate stipulation and order on October 13, 2011. (Plata Docket No. 

2406.) Rosen, Bien & Galvan has authority to represent co-counsel, King & Spalding, 

LLP and K&L Gates LLP as to the recovery of fees and costs from defendants in this case. 

Counsel for the Coleman class (other than the Prison Law Office) have met and 

conferred with counsel for Defendants and have reached a resolution in the amount of 

$4,796,347 for all fees, costs and expenses related to, incurred by, and associated with the 

three-judge court proceedings, including all work before the district court, the three-judge 

court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court, incurred 

through June 30, 2011. The parties significantly narrowed disputed issues to reach this 

settlement. Plaintiffs contended that the lodestar amount must be subjected to a multiplier 

or enhancement for exceptional success and delay in payment. See Perdue v. Kenny A, 

130 S.Ct. 1662 (2010). Defendants contended that the initial lodestar demand was 

excessive, and that no multiplier was permitted by law. The parties agreed that no 

multiplier will be paid. In addition, the final settlement amount represents a significant 

discount from the initial lodestar demand. The undersigned counsel waive any and all 

rights associated with any further payment of fees, expenses or costs, or compensation of 

any kind associated with the three-judge court proceedings and related appeals through 

work performed through June 30, 2011. 

Defendants will make pay $1.6 million no later than 14 days after the execution of 

this stipulation, and the remainder of the settlement, $3,196,347, will be paid in January , 

2012 and no later than January 30, 2012. No interest will accrue unless these deadlines are 

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missed, in which case interest will accrue on the overdue amounts at the rates provided for 

in 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

DATED: December 5, 2011 Respectfully submitted, 

ROSEN BIEN & GALVAN 

By: /s/ Ernest Galvan _____________________ 

Ernest Galvan 

 

DATED: December 5, 2011 KAMALA HARRIS 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA 

By: /s/ Jay Russell ________________________ 

Jay Russell 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: December 6, 2011 

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