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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stipulation and Order Case Nos. 90-0520 (E.D. Cal.) and 01-1351 (N.D. Cal.)) 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

JONATHAN L. WOLFF

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

DEBBIE VOROUS

WILLIAM KWONG

KYLE A. LEWIS

DANIELLE F. O'BANNON

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 207095 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Telephone: (415) 703-5735 

Fax: (415) 703-5843 

E-mail: Danielle.OBannon@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HANSON BRIDGET LLP

PAUL B. MELLO

JERROLD C. SCHAEFER

WALTER R. SCHNEIDER

MEGAN C. OLIVER THOMPSON

SAMANTHA D. WOLFF

RENJU P. JACOB

PAUL B. GRUWELL

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 84105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Fax: (415) 541-9366 

E-mail: pmello@hansonbridget.com 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF THREE JUDGES 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 2284, TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR, et al., 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:90-CV-00520 LKK JFM P 

THREE-JUDGE COURT

MARCIANO PLATA, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR et al., 

Defendants.

CASE NO. C01-1351 TEH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING ATTORNEYS’ 

FEES, EXPENSES, AND COSTS 

All matters concerning attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs arising out of the three-judge 

court litigation were stayed pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision. (See Plata Docket 2321, 

2344; Coleman Docket 3948, 2977.) On May 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 

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Stipulation and Order Case Nos. 90-0520 (E.D. Cal.) and 01-1351 (N.D. Cal.)) 

decision affirming the three-judge court’s order. Defendants and the Prison Law Office submit 

this stipulation concerning the Prison Law Office’s attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs arising 

out of the three-judge court litigation through June 30, 2011. 

Plaintiffs are represented by multiple law firms in this litigation. One law firm is the Prison 

Law Office. Defendants and the Prison Law Office completed their meet and confer process on 

October 4, 2011, and have successfully narrowed the dispute and reached a resolution in the 

amount of $2,184,759, for all fees, costs, and expenses related to, incurred by, and associated 

with the Prison Law Office’s attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs for the three-judge court 

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

Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, incurred through June 30, 2011.

The parties agree that Defendants will not pay any multiplier and the Prison Law Office 

agrees to discount its demand for attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs as set forth above. The 

Prison Law Office waives any and all rights associated with any further payment of fees, 

expenses, costs, or compensation of any kind associated with the three-judge court proceedings 

through June 30, 2011. Defendants will pay $2,184,759 within 14 days of the date of execution 

of this stipulation.

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: October 5, 2011 HANSON BRIDGET LLP 

//s// Paul B. Mello

PAUL B. MELLO 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE 

_//s// Danielle F. O’Bannon_

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON 

Deputy Attorney General 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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Stipulation and Order Case Nos. 90-0520 (E.D. Cal.) and 01-1351 (N.D. Cal.)) 

DATED: October 5, 2011 PRISON LAW OFFICE 

 //s// Donald Specter

DONALD SPECTER 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________, 2011 _____________________________ 

HON. THELTON E. HENDERSON 

U.S. District Court Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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