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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIUS BRIGGS, on behalf of himself

and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant. /

No. C 07-05760 WHA

CLASS ACTION

ORDER REQUESTING

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

REGARDING MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS

In order to properly evaluate whether the requested attorney’s fees are “fair, reasonable,

and adequate,” class counsel are ORDERED to supplement their previously filed declarations as

follows. First, no declaration has been filed setting forth Attorney Kathryn Anderson’s

qualifications, experience, and role in this litigation (see Dkt. No. 148, which sets forth the

information counsel must provide to support a motion for attorney’s fees and costs). Based upon

the spreadsheets filed by class counsel, Attorney Anderson performed various legal tasks in this

dispute. The absence of any information about Attorney Anderson is especially troubling given

that she bills at a proposed market rate of $768 per hour, which is the same ultra-premium rate as

Attorney Visher (Visher Decl. Exh. G at 18–19). 

Second, speaking of the proposed market rate for class counsel, while counsel provided

sufficient information (as requested) regarding proposed attorney market rates based upon the

Laffey Matrix (adjusted for San Francisco cost-of-living adjustments), this order emphasizes that

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