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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: PARALEGAL AND LITIGATION ASSISTANT RATES FOR 2010 AND THE 

FIRST QUARTER OF 2011 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

315 Montgomery Street, Tenth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1823 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

STEVEN FAMA – 099641 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 

EDWARD P. SANGSTER – 121041 

RAYMOND E. LOUGHREY – 194363 

K&L GATES LLP 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, California 94111-5994 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

WARREN E. GEORGE – 053588 

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111-4067 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

CLAUDIA CENTER – 158255 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY – 

EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, California 94107-1389 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. Civ S 90-0520 LKK_JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 

PARALEGAL AND LITIGATION 

ASSISTANT RATES FOR 2010 AND THE 

FIRST QUARTER OF 2011

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: PARALEGAL AND LITIGATION ASSISTANT RATES FOR 2010 AND THE 

FIRST QUARTER OF 2011 

On June 28, 2011 the parties stipulated to meet and confer regarding the 2010 

hourly rate for paralegals and certain other litigation assistants within 30 days after 

resolution of the parties’ related litigation on this issue in Armstrong v. Brown, C94 2307 

CW (N.D. Cal.). See Docket No. 4029 ¶¶ 4, 6. On August 8, 2011, the Armstrong Court 

granted Plaintiffs’ motion to compel compensation at their counsel’s billed 2010 hourly 

rates (Armstrong Docket No. 1919). 

In light of the Armstrong Court’s order, Plaintiffs now seek a total of $311,947.33 

for the four quarters of 2010 and $107,010.25 for the first quarter of 2011. These numbers 

represent the difference between Plaintiffs’ demanded PLRA-capped hourly rates for 

paralegal and litigation assistants and the $82.50 per hour Defendants have paid during the 

pendency of this dispute. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are charts setting forth the fees 

payable to Plaintiffs for the undisputed hours incurred in these five quarters. 

WHEREFORE, Defendants agree to pay Plaintiffs’ counsel $418,957.58 within 45 

days of the signing of this Order. On the 45th day following the entry of this Order, 

interest on 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). 

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