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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 Re: Collection of Fourth Quarter Fees

Perez v. Cate, 05–5241 JSW

CARLOS PEREZ, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

PRISON LAW OFFICE

DONALD SPECTER #83925

STEVEN FAMA #99641 

ALISON HARDY #135966

1917 Fifth Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 280-2621

Facsimile: (510) 280-2704

ahardy@prisonlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. C05-5241 JSW

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

PERIODIC COLLECTION OF

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

On April 10, 2007, this Court established a procedure by which plaintiffs are to

collect attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with the Amended Stipulation and

Order. This procedure requires plaintiffs' counsel to submit to defendants a quarterly

statement of fees incurred in monitoring work, and permits defendants thirty (30) days

from the receipt of plaintiffs' statement to notify plaintiffs of any disputed items. After the

parties meet and confer on any of defendant's objections, counsel shall then prepare a

stipulated order for payment of the fees not subject to defendants’ objections. The Order

also states that defendants shall have thirty (30) days from the entry of the order to pay the

undisputed fees and that interest on any undisputed fees will run from the thirty-first day

after the Order is filed, accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

Pursuant to this procedure, plaintiffs' counsel served their fourth quarter billing

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statement demanding $16,318 for the period from October 31, 2009 through December 

31, 2009 on February 22, 2010. Plaintiffs prevailed on their motion to compel payment for

paralegal work at the market rate up to the PLRA limit on attorneys’ fees, but defendants

continue to object to plaintiffs’ rate for paralegal work and have appealed the Court’s

ruling. Following a meet and confer, the parties agreed to $8,093 in undisputed fees, with

paralegal fees calculated at the rate demanded by defendants. Plaintiffs, however, reserve

the right to move to compel payment for the disputed fees, including fees for the

difference between the market rate for paralegal work, and the amount defendants agree to

pay.

 WHEREFORE, defendants agree to pay plaintiffs’ counsel $8,093 within 30 days

of the signing of this Order. On the 31 day following the entry of this Order, interest on st

any unpaid amount will begin to accrue at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 (i.e., the

weekly average 1 year constant maturity Treasury yield for the calendar week preceding

the date of the Order.)

AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES:

Date: April 7, 2010

 /s/ 

Alison Hardy

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Date: May 10, 2010 /s/ 

Phillip Lindsay

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants

I, Alison Hardy, attest that Phillip Lindsay signed this document on May 10, 2010.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _______________, 2010 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Court Judge

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May 11, 2010

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