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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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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE 

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2014 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

REBEKAH EVENSON – 207825 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

Facsimile: (510) 280-2704 

GEOFFREY T. HOLTZ – 191370 

MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, California 94105-1596 

Telephone: (415) 442-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001 

LINDA D. KILB – 136101 

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION & 

DEFENSE FUND, INC. 

3075 Adeline Street, Suite 201 

Berkeley, California 94703 

Telephone: (510) 644-2555 

Facsimile: (510) 841-8645 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944 

BLAKE THOMPSON – 255600 

MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850 

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & 

GRUNFELD LLP 

315 Montgomery Street, Tenth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1823 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7104 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

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

Defendants. 

 Case No. C94 2307 CW 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER 

CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS 

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 

2014 

Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken 

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE 

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2014 

On March 26, 1997, the District Court established procedures by which Plaintiffs 

are to collect periodic attorneys’ fees and costs in this case in connection with their work 

monitoring Defendants’ compliance with the Court’s Orders and collecting fees. 

Pursuant to these procedures, on January 28, 2015, Plaintiffs served on Defendants 

their Fourth Quarterly Statement for 2014 by overnight delivery. The parties completed 

their meet-and-confer process on March 24, 2015 as to the fees and costs incurred on all 

matters. 

As a result of the March 24, 2015 agreement, the parties agree to the following: 

The parties agree to the payment of $950,580.12 to resolve all fees and costs 

incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2014, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in 

the California Department of Corrections of Rehabilitation Division of Adult Operations 

and Adult Programs (CDCR AOAP) portion of the case. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are 

charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by 

the parties to settle these claims. 

The parties agree to the payment of $28,932.41 to resolve all fees and costs incurred 

during the Fourth Quarter of 2014, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in the Board 

of Parole Hearings (BPH) portion of the case. Attached hereto as Exhibit B are charts 

setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by the 

parties to settle these claims. 

The parties agree to the payment of $201,125.59 to resolve all fees and costs 

incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2014, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in 

the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) portion of the case. Attached hereto as 

Exhibit C are charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts 

agreed to by the parties to settle these claims. 

The parties agree to the payment of $9,741.87 to resolve all fees and costs incurred 

during the Fourth Quarter of 2014, for fees on fees. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are 

charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by 

the parties to settle these claims. 

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE 

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2014 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the amounts set forth above are due and 

collectable as of forty-five days from the date of entry of this Order. Interest on these fees 

and costs will run from March 2, 2015, accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

DATED: _____________________ 

 THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

DATED: March 26, 2015 s/Edward R. Fluet

 Edward R. Fluet 

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorney for Defendants 

DATED: March 25, 2015 s/Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld 

 Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld 

Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

March 27, 2015

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Armstrong v. Brown

Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

CDCR/AOAP SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS

MATTER

CDCR/AOAP MONITORING

UNDISPUTED FEES

$922,720.80

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$27,859.32

TOTAL: $950,580.12

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Maifer. CDCR/AOAP Monitoring/Merits

Monitoring (581-3) Actual Claimed 2014

Hours Hours Rates

ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN 8~ GRUNFELD

Total

Claimed Fees

Fees Now Owing

Based on

Negotiated

Compromise

Michael W. Bien (MWB) 6.40 6.40 $800 $5,120.00 $4,915.20

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG) 15.30 15.30 $675 $10,327.50 $9,914.40

Ernest Galvan (EG) 1.20 1.20 $650 $780.00 $748.80

Thomas Nolan (TN) 164.80 164.80 $550 $90,640.00 $87,014.40

Lisa Ells (LAE) 101.50 96.60 $470 $45,402.00 $43,585.92

Aaron Fischer (AJF) 0.20 0.20 $460 $92.00 $88.32

Blake Thompson (BT) 104.80 102.80 $450 $46,260.00 $44,409.60

Michael Freedman (MLF) 127.80 126.10 $440 $55,484.00 $53,264.64

Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK) 0.20 0.00 $410 $0.00 $0.00

Krista Stone-Manista (KSM) 98.90 98.70 $410 $40,467.00 $38,848.32

Kevin Jones (KEJ) 0.10 0.00 $290 $0.00 $0.00

Rolayn Tauben (RLT) 122.40 109.50 $290 $31,755.00 $30,484.80

Karen Stilber (KES) 57.10 56.50 $270 $15,255.00 $14,644.80

Diana Gama (DAG) 18.90 18.70 $230 $4,301.00 $4,128.96

Lauren Vandemortel (LWV) 6.80 6.80 $215 $1,462.00 $1,403.52

Haruka Roudebush (HR) 350.70 331.60 $230 $76,268.00 $73,217.28

Doris Tseng (DT) 2.50 0.00 $230 $0.00 $0.00

Greg Gonzalez (GZG) 2.00 0.00 $230 $0.00 $0.00

Lucy Taylor (LRT) 181.30 166.80 $230 $38,364.00 $36,829.44

Total Hours: 1362.90 1302.00 $461,977.50

RBGG UNDISPUTED FEES: $443,498.40

PRISON LAW OFFICE

Donald Specter(DS) 14.80 14.80 $800 $11,840.00 $11,366.40

Steve Fama (SF) 24.30 24.30 $745 $18,103.50 $17,379.36

Sara Norman (SN) 0.90 0.90 $620 $558.00 $535.68

Rebekah Evenson (RE) 193.60 193.60 $570 $110,352.00 $105,937.92

Penny Godbold (PG) 116.70 116.70 $490 $57,183.00 $54,895.68

Corene Kendrick (CK) 124.60 124.60 $490 $61,054.00 $58,611.84

Kelly Knapp (KK) 143.10 143.10 $450 $64,395.00 $61,819.20

Amber Norris (AN) 286.30 286.30 $260 $74,438.00 $71,460.48

Megan Lynch (ML) 83.00 83.00 $240 $19,920.00 $19,123.20

Nora Searle (NS) 143.30 143.30 $240 $34,392.00 $33,016.32

John Bonacorsi (JB) 56.10 56.10 $240 $13,464.00 $12,925.44

Joyce de la Pena (JP) 60.90 60.90 $240 $14,616.00 $14,031.36

Sarah Hopkins (SH) 50.10 50.10 $240 $12,024.00 $11,543.04

Viviana Arcia (VA) 25.10 25.10 $240 6$ ,024.00 5 783.04

Total Hours: 1322.80 1322.80 $498,363.50

PLO UNDISPUTED FEES: $478,428.96

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION

AND DEFENSE FUND

Linda Kilb (LDK) 0.60 0.60 $725 $435.00 $417.60

Hongyu Min (HM) 2.70 2.70 $145 3$ 91.50 375.84

Total Hours: 3.30 3.30 $826.50

DREDF UNDISPUTED FEES: $793.44

TOTAL UNDISPUTED CDCR/AOAP

MONITORING FEES: $922,720.80

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Armstrong v. Brown

Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Costs

Matter: CDCR/AOAP Merits/Monitorin_q

Rosen. Bien. Galvan 8 Grunfeld (581-3

Photocopying (In house)

Photocopying (Outside)

Online Research -PACER

Postage &Delivery

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

Telephone

Total RBGG Costs:

Prison Law Office

Photocopying (In house)

expert Services

Postage &Delivery

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

Interpreting and Translation Services

Total PLO Costs:

Disability Rights Education &Defense Fund, Inc.

Photocopying (in-house)

Postage &Delivery

Online Research -PACER

Total DREDF Costs:

Claimed Costs

Withdrawn by

Plaintiffs

Undisputed Costs Now

Owing

$1,603.00 $64.12 $1,538.88

$2,174.01 $86.96 $2,087.05

$7.30 $0.29 $7.01

$639.68 $25.59 $614.09

$9,284.25 $371.37 $8,912.88

8.45 0.34 8.11

$13,716.69 $548.67 $13,168.02

Withdrawn by Undisputed Costs Now

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Owing

$1,413.20 $56.53 $1,356.67

$2,309.50 $92.38 $2,217.12

$1,185.96 $47.44 $1,138.52

$9,224.29 $368.97 $8,855.32

964.64 38.59 926.05

$15,097.59 $603.90 $14,493.69

Withdrawn by Undisputed Undisputed

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Costs Now Owing

$160.60 $6.42 $154.18

$40.45 $1.62 $38.83

4.80 0.19 4.61

$205.85 $8.23 $197.62

TOTAL UNDISPUTED CDCR/AOAP MERITS/MONITORING $27,859.32

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

BPH SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS

MATTER UNDISPUTED FEES UNDISPUTED COSTS

BPH $28,051.68 $880.73

TOTAL: $28,932.41

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Matter: BPH

BPH (581-4)

BPH MONITORING (581-4

ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN & GRUNFELD

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)

Blake Thompson (BT)

Rolayn Tauben (RLT)

Total Hours:

RBGG UNDISPUTED FEES:

PRISON LAW OFFICE

Sara Norman (SN)

Rana Anabtawi (RA)

Total Hours:

PLO UNDISPUTED FEES:

TOTAL UNDISPUTED FEES FOR

BPH WORK:

Fees Now Owing

Actual Claimed 2014 Total Based on

Negotiated

Hours Hours Rates Claimed Fees Compromise

0.10 0.10 $675 $67.50 $64.80

18.00 18.00 $450 $8,100.00 $7,776.00

0.80 0.70 $290 203.00 194.88

18.90 18.80 $8,370.50

$8,035.68

0.30 0.30 $620 $186.00 $178.56

50.40 50.40 $410 $20,664.00 $19,837.44

50.70 50.70 $20,850.00

$20,016.00

$28,051.68

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Costs

Matter: BPH

Rosen, Bien, Galvan Grunfeld 1581-4) Withdrawn by Undisputed Costs Now

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Owing

Telephone $2.25 $0.09 $2.16

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food 81.20 3.25 77.95

Total RBGG Costs: $83.45 $3.34 $80.11

Prison Law Office

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

Total PLO Costs:

TOTAL UNDISPUTED BPH COSTS:

8$ 33.98 33.36 800.62

$833.98 $33.36 $800.62

$880.73

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

DAPO SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS

MATTER UNDISPUTED FEES UNDISPUTED COSTS

DAPO MONITORING $196,315.68 $4,809.91

TOTAL: $201,125.59

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Matter: DAPO Monitoring

DAPO Monitorinp (581-9) Actual Claimed 2014

Hours Hours Rates

ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN 8~ GRUNFELD

Fees Now Owing

Total Based on

Negotiated

Claimed Fees Compromise

Michael Bien (MWB) 0.60 0.60 $800 $480.00 $460.80

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG) 15.10 15.10 $675 $10,192.50 $9,784.80

Ernest Galvan (EG) 0.70 0.70 $650 $455.00 $436.80

Tom Nolan (TN) 0.10 0.00 $550 $0.00 $0.00

Lisa Ells (LAE) 0.20 0.00 $470 $0.00 $0.00

Aaron Fischer (AJF) 74.40 73.70 $460 $33,902.00 $32,545.92

Blake Thompson (BT) 16.20 15.70 $450 $7,065.00 $6,782.40

Michael Freedman (MLF) 10.10 10.10 $440 $4,444.00 $4,266.24

Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK) 134.60 130.90 $410 $53,669.00 $51,522.24

Margot Mendelson (MKM) 25.10 23.90 $410 $9,799.00 $9,407.04

Jennifer Stark (JLS) 0.80 0.00 $410 $0.00 $0.00

Jenny Yelin (JSY) 98.40 98.20 $390 $38,298.00 $36,766.08

Rolayn Tauben (RLT) 42.00 27.80 $290 $8,062.00 $7,739.52

Kevin Jones (KJ) 0.40 0.00 $290 $0.00 $0.00

Karen Stilber (KES) 0.80 0.00 $270 $0.00 $0.00

Lucy Taylor (LRT) 70.90 68.50 $230 $15,755.00 $15,124.80

Diana Gama (DAG) 93.10 62.10 $230 $14,283.00 $13,711.68

Haruka Roudebush (HR) 1.40 0.00 $230 0.00 0.00

Total Hours: 584.90 527.30 $196,404.50

RBGG UNDISPUTED FEES: $188,548.32

MORGAN LEWIS

Cameron Saul (CS) 17.40 17.40 $465 8 091.00 7 767.36

Total Hours: 17.40 17.40 $8,091.00

ML UNDISPUTED FEES: $7,767.36

TOTAL UNDISPUTED FOR DAPO

MONITORING WORK:. $196,315.68

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Costs

Matter: DAPO Monitorin_q

Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld (581-9)

Photocopying (in-house)

Photocopying (outside)

Lexis/Westlaw

Online Research -PACER and Legislative History

Postage &Delivery

Telephone

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

Total RBGG Costs:

Withdrawn by Undisputed Costs Now

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Owing

$1,143.00 $45.72 $1,097.28

$137.82 $5.51 $132.31

$47.25 $1.89 $45.36

$21.10 $0.84 $20.26

$191.88 $7.68 $184.20

$7.40 $0.30 $7.10

3 196.87 127.87 3 069.00

$4,745.32 $189.81 $4,555.51

Morgan. Lewis & Bockius LLP 

Withdrawn by Undisputed Costs Now

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Owing

Photocopying (in-house) $44.00 $1.76 $42.24

Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food 221.00 8.84 212.16

Total ML Costs: $265.00 $10.60 $254.40

TOTAL UNDISPUTED DAPO MONITORING COSTS: $4,809.91

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES WORK AND COSTS

UNDISPUTED FEES UNDISPUTED COSTS

FEES WORK (ALL MATTERS) $9,510.24 $231.63

TOTAL: $9,741.87

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Mafter: All Matters Fees Work

Fees (581-2)

ROSEN, BIEN, GALVAN 8~ GRUNFELD

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)

Lisa Ells (LAE)

Blake Thompson (BT)

Kevin Jones (KEJ)

Glenn Baldwin (GMB)

Lauren Vandemortel (LWV)

Total Hours:

RBGG UNDISPUTED FEES:

PRISON LAW OFFICE

Rebekah Evenson (RE)

Edie DeGraff (ED)

Total Hours:

PLO UNDISPUTED FEES:

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND

DEFENSE FUND

Linda Kilb (LDK)

Total Hours:

DREDF UNDISPUTED FEES:

TOTAL UNDISPUTED FEES FOR

ARMSTRONG FEES WORK:

Fees Now Owing

Actual Claimed 2014 Total Based on

Negotiated

Hours Hours Rates Claimed Fees Compromise

0.70 0.70 $675 $472.50 $453.60

0.20 0.00 $470 $0.00 $0.00

8.30 8.30 $450 $3,735.00 $3,585.60

0.20 0.00 $290 $0.00 $0.00

1.30 0.00 $230 $0.00 $0.00

25.60 14.90 $215 3 203.50 3 075.36

10.70 9.00 $7,411.00

$7,114.56

0.8 0.8 $570 $456.00 $437.76

7.30 7.30 $190 1387.00 1 331.52

8.10 8.10 $1,843.00

$1,769.28

0.90 0.90 $725 652.50 626.40

0.90 0.90 $652.50

$626.40

$9,510.24

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Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2014

October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Costs

Matter: Fees Work in All Matters

Rosen, Bien, Galvan 8~ Grunfeld (581-2) Withdrawn by Undisputed Costs Now

Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Owing

Photocopying and Printing (in-house) $179.20 $7.17 $172.03

Online Research -PACER $25.50 $1.02 $24.48

Postage &Delivery 29.58 1.18 28.40

Total RBGG Costs: $234.28 $9.37 $224.91

Withdrawn by Undisputed Undisputed

Disability Rights Education 8~ Defense Fund, Inc. Claimed Costs Plaintiffs Costs Now Owing

Photocopying (in-house) 7.00 0.28 6.72

Total DREDF Costs: $7.00 $0.28 $6.72

TOTAL UNISPUTED FEES WORK COSTS : $231.63

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