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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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28 Stipulated Process for Claiming

Previously Deferred Attorneys’ Fees 

No. C 01 3969 CW

DENISE M. HULETT (No. 121553)

CHRISTOPHER HO (No. 129845)

WILLIE N. NGUYEN (No. 215259)

The Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120

San Francisco, CA 94107

Telephone: (415) 864-8848

Facsimile: (415) 864-8199

SHAHEENA AHMAD SIMONS (No. 225520)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

634 S. Spring Street, 11th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90014

Telephone: (213) 629-2512

Facsimile: (213) 629-0266

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

STUART A. LICHT

Assistant Branch Director

SUSAN K. ULLMAN

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: (202) 616-0680

Facsimile: (202) 616-8202

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION __________________________________________

MICHAEL BRIONEZ, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs, ) No. C 01 3969 CW

)

ORDER GRANTING

v. ) STIPULATED PROCESS FOR

) CLAIMING PREVIOUSLY

) DEFERRED 

) ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )

AGRICULTURE, et al., ) 

)

 Defendants. )

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STIPULATED PROCESS FOR CLAIMING PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their undersigned counsel, are entering into this

Stipulated Process for Claiming Previously Deferred Attorneys’ Fees and Costs ("Stipulated

Process") for the purpose of preserving the parties' rights pursuant to Section VIII of the

Hispanic Settlement Agreement which provides that Plaintiffs' counsel "shall be entitled to

reasonable attorneys' fees and costs under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k) (as appropriate), that are

generated in connection with the filing of this action and the implementation of this Settlement

Agreement. Defendants reserve the right to challenge any and all aspects of plaintiffs' counsel's

and class counsel's applications for fees and costs." 

1. On December 15, 2003, the Court approved the parties' stipulation as to Process for

Claiming Implementation Fees. Pursuant to this stipulation, Plaintiffs' counsel submit their fees

and costs to Defendants' counsel bi-annually (twice a year), 30 days following the end of each

six-month period. The parties then attempt to negotiate a resolution of the fee request pursuant

to the process set forth in the stipulation. Thus far, the parties have been able to resolve all fee

issues without making any application to the Court.

2. On February 10, 2006, the Court issued an Order Extending Term of Settlement

Agreement. The Court stated that its reasoning "will be explained in a following order." On

March 30, 2006, the Court issued its Order Denying Defendants’ Motion for Entry of Order that

Defendants Have Discharged Their Obligations Under the Settlement Agreement, and Granting

in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt and for Enforcement of CourtApproved Settlement Agreement.

3. The parties previously have agreed to defer consideration of the fees and costs

incurred by Plaintiffs' counsel in connection with the parties' motions reflected in the above

orders, including notice procedures, the meet and confer process, and the Monitor’s proceedings

that preceded the motions (“the previously deferred attorneys’ fees and costs”), until the Court

issued its findings and conclusions. Now that the March 30 Order has issued, the parties agree

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that Plaintiffs will submit their request for payment of their previously deferred fees to

Defendants by May 1, 2006. The parties agree to then use the process set forth in the Process for

Claiming Implementation Fees to attempt to resolve the matter.

4. Undersigned counsel for Plaintiffs and the Plaintiff class is authorized to enter into

this Stipulated Process on behalf of all counsel for the Plaintiffs and the Plaintiff class.

5. The parties agree that notice to the Brionez class is not necessary for the execution or

implementation of this Stipulated Process.

IT IS SO STIPULATED: PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: April 7, 2006 By: /s/ Susan K. Ullman 

STUART A. LICHT

Assistant Branch Director

SUSAN K. ULLMAN

Senior Counsel

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: April 7, 2006 By: /s/ Richard M. Pearl 

RICHARD M. PEARL

1816 Fifth Street

Berkeley, California 94710

DENISE M. HULETT (No. 121553)

CHRISTOPHER HO (No. 129845)

The Legal Aid Society - Employment Law

Center

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

THE FOREGOING STIPULATED PROCESS FOR CLAIMING PREVIOUSLY

DEFERRED ATTORNEYS’ FEES FOR WORK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO SECTION

VII OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, IS APPROVED ON THIS 18th DAY OF APRIL, 2006.

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THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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