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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Interpleader Action

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BITSTAMP LTD.,

Plaintiff-in-interpleader,

v.

RIPPLE LABS INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01503-WHO 

ORDER REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF 

CONTEMPORANEOUS TIME

RECORDS

Re: Dkt. No. 78

Plaintiff-in-interpleader Bitstamp Ltd. has filed a motion for $182,948.01 in attorneys’ fees 

and costs following its discharge from this matter. Dkt. No. 78. That is a lot of money for the 

work presented to me in this case. Bitstamp has not provided sufficient information to determine 

whether the request is in fact reasonable. See Civil L.R. 54-5(b)(2) (motion for attorney’s fees 

must include “[a] statement of the services rendered by each person for whose services fees are 

claimed together with a summary of the time spent by each person”). 

In order to allow me and the defendants to assess the reasonableness of this fee request, 

Bitstamp shall, by July 2, 2015, provide the Court and the defendants with the contemporaneous 

time records of its timekeepers and a summary of the time spent by each timekeeper on the tasks 

identified by Bitstamp on pages 9 and 10 of its motion. See id. (“Depending on the circumstances, 

the Court may require production of an abstract of or the contemporary time records for 

inspection, including in camera inspection, as the Judge deems appropriate.”). The records shall 

be lodged with the Court and served on the defendants. The billing records shall be treated as 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under the Stipulated Protective 

Order governing this action. Dkt. No. 61. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2015

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-01503-WHO Document 81 Filed 06/30/15 Page 1 of 1