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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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Case No. 14-CV-04062-LHK 

ORDER REQUIRING HOURLY RATE JUSTIFICATION FOR MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ROBERT A. NITSCH, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG INC., 

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-CV-04062-LHK 

ORDER REQUIRING HOURLY RATE 

JUSTIFICATION FOR MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES

Re: Dkt. No. 331

Plaintiff has filed a motion for attorneys’ fees, expenses, and service awards. ECF No. 331. 

“[T]he party seeking attorney’s fees bears the burden of demonstrating reasonable hours and 

rates.” Fresh Packing Corp. v. Guicho, 2016 WL 1718286, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2016). To 

meet this burden, Plaintiff must “provide . . . evidence justifying counsels’ requested hourly rates.”

Id.

After reviewing Plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees and the attached declarations, the 

Court has identified deficiencies in the evidence justifying certain hourly rates. Therefore, no later 

than 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 2016, Plaintiff shall submit a declaration or declarations 

providing the following information:

As to Class Counsel Susman Godfrey LLP, Plaintiff shall provide justification for the 

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hourly rates of paralegals Norberto Arreola, Simon DeGeorges, Jeffery McLaren, Caroline 

Edwards, and Page Berardi.

As to Class Counsel Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Plaintiff shall provide the job 

title and hourly rate for each biller. Small Decl., ECF No. 331-4, at 5. Plaintiff shall also provide 

justification for the hourly rates of each biller. See id. at 3–4 (providing justification only for the 

hourly rates of Daniel Small, Brent Johnson, Jeffrey Dubner, and Daniel Silverman).

As to Class Counsel Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Plaintiff shall provide 

justification for the hourly rates of Associate Alex Su, Contract Attorney Nathan Clark, and 

Paralegals Brian Miller, Jeaneth Decena, Carrie Flexer, and Adrian Garcia.

Plaintiff shall also provide citations to any cases in which courts have approved the 

requested hourly rates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 10, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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