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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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J. RANDALL ANDRADA (SBN 70000) 

BRENDAN KENNY (SBN 237969) 

ANDRADA & ASSOCIATES 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

180 Grand Avenue, Suite 925 

Oakland, California 94612 

Tel.: (510) 287-4160 

Fax: (510) 287-4161 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

TODD A. ASHKER and DANNY TROXELL, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GOVERNOR ARNOLD 

SCHWARZENEGGER, R. Q. HICKMAN, 

EDWARD S. ALAMEDIA, JR., JEANNE 

WOODFORD, WARDEN JOE McGRATH, 

CAROL A. DALY, SHARON LAWIN, CAL 

TERHUNE, GEORGE LEHMAN, MR. ROOS, 

BOOKER T. WELCH, BRETT GRANLUND, 

LARRY STARN, KENNETH L. RISEN, JONES 

M. MOORE, GRAY DAVIS, PETE WILSON, 

JAMES GOMEZ, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C04 1967 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES 

Judge: The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Courtroom: 2 

COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. On May 19, 2004, plaintiffs TODD ASHKER and DANNY TROXELL filed the abovereferenced 42 U.S.C § 1983 action against defendants. This action, in part, disputed a former policy 

of the Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit (PBSP-SHU) regarding hardcover books. 

2. On March 8, 2006, this Court entered a declaratory judgment in plaintiffs’ favor on the 

hardcover book claim and also entered a judgment of qualified immunity from liability for defendant 

McGRATH, among other defendants. No money damages or injunctive relief was obtained pursuant 

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to the March 8, 2006 order. A true and correct copy of the March 8, 2006 order is attached hereto as 

Exhibit A. 

3. The parties hereby stipulate that attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses for the total 

amount of $9,576.76, is full and final satisfaction of any obligation on the part of defendants to 

plaintiffs arising from the subject declaratory judgment regarding the substantive PBSP-SHU 

hardcover book policy as set forth in the March 8, 2006 Order and any and all subsequent actions or 

proceedings related thereto. 

4. Nothing in this stipulation shall be construed as an admission of liability or an admission 

of responsibility for damages, costs or fees on the part of the defendants, the California Department 

of Corrections and Rehabilitation, its employees or former employees or any of its institutions. 

Payment of the fees set forth in Paragraph 3 is made only in compromise of a disputed claim. 

5. This stipulation further applies to any challenge on plaintiffs’ part to the substantive 

PBSP-SHU hardcover book policy in (1) the above captioned case, and (2) any further case or 

appeal. 

6. Plaintiffs and their attorney expressly waive and assume the risk of any and all claims for 

attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses which exist as of this date for which they do not know or 

suspect to exist, whether through ignorance, oversight, error, negligence, or otherwise, and which, if 

known, would materially affect their decision to enter into the settlement agreement. If any future 

claims by plaintiffs arises from the subject hardcover book policy in any form, including a claim for 

damages against defendant McGRATH or any other individual CDCR employee(s) or former 

employee(s), such future claim (if any) shall be subject to a credit for any future award of attorney’s 

fees, costs and related expenses to the extent that such future claims overlap with the hardcover book 

claim. 

7. Plaintiffs and their attorney further agree that plaintiffs will not present any request for 

attorney’s fees regarding the hardcover book claim in (1) the above captioned case and (2) any 

further case or appeal. 

8. At the time that plaintiffs’ attorney signs this settlement agreement, plaintiffs’ attorney 

shall also sign and return to counsel for defendants a Payee Data Record form. Upon receipt of the 

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fully executed Stipulation and Order Regarding Attorneys’ Fees and the signed Payee Data Records 

from plaintiffs’ attorney, counsel for defendants will forward the documentation to the CDCR for 

processing. The parties understand that the payment is contingent upon the passage of the 2006-

2007 State budget and the allocation of sufficient funds to the CDCR. 

9. Should any provision of this stipulation be held invalid or illegal, such illegality shall not 

invalidate the whole agreement, but the agreement shall be construed as if it did not contain the 

illegal part and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly. 

10. This stipulation shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties, for any and all 

attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses as to the hardcover book claim, and it is expressly 

understood and agreed that this stipulation has been fully and voluntarily entered into by all parties, 

and each of them. It may not be altered, amended, modified, or otherwise changed in any respect 

except by writing duly executed by the parties to this agreement. 

11. This stipulation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the 

State of California. 

12. Facsimile signatures shall bind the parties to this agreement. 

13. The parties may execute and deliver this document in any number of counterparts or 

copies and each counterpart shall be deemed an original. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: _June 14_________, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF HERMAN FRANCK 

 

 /s/ Herman Franck 

 By_______________________ 

 HERMAN FRANCK 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Dated: __June 22_________, 2006 ANDRADA & ASSOCIATES 

/s/ J. Randall Andrada 

 By ______________________________

 J. RANDALL ANDRADA 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 7/7/06 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

Dated: _______________ _______________________________ 

CLAUDIA WILKEN, JUDGE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

Todd A. Ashker, et al. v. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al..

U. S. District Court Case No. C04 1967 CW

I, the undersigned, declare that I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action; 

that my business address is 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 925, Oakland, California; and that on June 22, 

2006, I served a true copy of the foregoing document(s) entitled: 

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES 

on the parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof in a sealed envelope addressed as follows: 

Herman Franck, Esq. 

Law Offices of Herman Franck 

1801 – 7th Street, Suite 150 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel: (916) 447-8400 / Fax: (916) 447-0720 

Email: franckherman@cs.com 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 X (By Mail) I caused each envelope with postage fully prepaid to be placed for collection 

 and mailing following the ordinary business practices of Andrada & Associates. 

 (By Hand) I caused each envelope to be delivered by hand to the person(s) listed above. 

 (By Telecopy) I caused each document to be sent by fax to the fax as indicated above. 

 (By Overnight Delivery) I caused each envelope to be delivered by overnight delivery to 

 the person(s) indicated above. 

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

is true and correct. 

Executed on June 22, 2006, at Oakland, California. 

 /s/ Lilian Roberts 

 

 LILIAN ROBERTS 

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