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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 To Stay Plaintiffs’ Motion To Compel Payment Of Reasonable Paralegal Fees For Work Performed 

During 2009 Until The Resolution Of Perez V. Cate Appeal No. 09-17185 - Case No. Civ S 90-520 LKK-JFM 

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ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

MICHAEL W. BIEN, Bar No. 96891 

ERNEST GALVAN, Bar No. 196065 

JANE E. KAHN, Bar No. 112239 

AMY WHELAN, Bar No. 215675 

315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

DONALD SPECTER, Bar No. 83925 

STEVEN FAMA, Bar No. 99641 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

BINGHAM, McCUTCHEN, LLP 

WARREN E. GEORGE, Bar No. 53588 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY – 

EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

CLAUDIA CENTER, Bar No. 158255 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, CA 94107 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CIV S 90-520 LKK-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL 

PAYMENT OF REASONABLE 

PARALEGAL FEES FOR WORK 

PERFORMED DURING 2009 UNTIL THE 

RESOLUTION OF PEREZ V. CATE

APPEAL NO. 09-17185 

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Stipulation And Order To Stay Plaintiffs’ Motion To Compel Payment Of Reasonable Paralegal Fees For Work Performed 

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STIPULATION TO STAY PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL 

PAYMENT OF REASONABLE PARALEGAL FEES FOR WORK 

PERFORMED DURING 2009 UNTIL THE RESOLUTION OF PEREZ V. 

CATE APPEAL NO. 09-17185 

Plaintiffs and Defendants STIPULATE as follows: 

1. Pursuant to the Coleman Periodic Fees Order, “Plaintiffs will file a yearly motion 

to compel payment of disputed items, if necessary, not later than sixty (60) days after the parties 

meet and confer with respect to the statement covering the fourth quarter of each year.” March 

19, 1996 Stipulation and Order for Periodic Collection of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs (attached as 

Appendix A). The parties have already stipulated to stay all attorneys’ fees, costs and expense 

matters related to the Three-Judge Panel and related appeals until October 1, 2010. Coleman

Docket 3801. The only remaining, disputed issues from 2009 are: (1) Defendants’ refusal to pay 

for any work performed by staff who are not “paralegals” as defined by California Business & 

Professions Code § 6450, and; (2) Defendants’ refusal to pay more than $135 per hour or $82.50 

per hour for paralegal work on the case. 

2. Plaintiffs’ counsel will file a motion to compel regarding the first issue identified 

above. By this stipulation, however, the parties agree to extend the briefing and argument 

schedule for Plaintiffs’ motion to compel as follows: Plaintiffs’ motion will be due by July 5, 

2010; Defendants’ opposition to the motion will be due by August 2, 2010; Plaintiffs’ reply brief 

will be due by August 16, 2010, and the hearing date for the motion will be set for August 23, 

2010. 

3. With respect to the second issue, Defendants’ refusal to pay more than $135 per 

hour or $82.50 per hour for paralegal work, the parties agree to stay Plaintiffs’ motion on this 

issue pending final resolution of Perez, et al. v. Cate, et al., Court of Appeals Docket No. 09-

17185, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including any petitions for panel or 

en banc rehearing, or final resolution in the United States Supreme Court (hereinafter “Perez

appeal”). In so doing, Plaintiffs do not waive and will enforce their right to interest in 

accordance with the provisions set forth in the March 19, 1996 Coleman Periodic Fees order. 

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Nothing in this Stipulation may be deemed a waiver or concession of any party’s legal arguments 

regarding this issue. 

4. If the requested stay is granted, the parties will meet and confer regarding the 

paralegal rate issue within 10 days after the mandate issues in the Perez appeal. If the parties are 

still unable to resolve this issue, Plaintiffs will file a motion to compel within 60 days of the 

completion of the meet and confer. 

Dated: May 20, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

By: /s/ Amy Whelan 

Amy Whelan 

Attorney for Coleman Plaintiffs 

Dated: May 21, 2010 Office of the Attorney General 

By:/s/ Debbie Vorous

Debbie Vorous, Deputy Attorney General 

Attorney for Coleman Defendants 

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ORDER STAYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PAYMENT OF 

PARALEGAL RATES UNTIL THE RESOLUTION OF PEREZ V. CATE 

APPEAL NO. 09-17185 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, this Court stays 

Plaintiffs’ motion to compel payment of more than $135 per hour or $82.50 per hour for 

paralegal work performed during 2009 pending final resolution of Perez, et al. v. Cate, et al., 

Court of Appeals Docket No. 09-17185, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 

including any petitions for panel or en banc rehearing or final resolution in the United States 

Supreme Court. Plaintiffs have preserved and do not waive their right to claim interest in 

accordance with the provisions set forth in the March 19, 1996 Coleman Periodic Fees order. 

The parties shall meet and confer regarding the paralegal rate issue within 10 days after the 

mandate issues in the Perez appeal. If the parties are still unable to resolve this issue, Plaintiffs 

shall file a motion to compel within 60 days of the completion of the meet and confer. 

With respect to Plaintiffs’ yearly motion to compel payment for work performed by staff 

who are not “paralegals” as defined by California Business & Professions Code § 6450, this 

Court grants the parties’ stipulation setting a briefing schedule. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion 

will be due by July 5, 2010; Defendants’ opposition to the motion will be due by August 2, 2010; 

Plaintiffs’ reply brief will be due by August 16, 2010, and the hearing date for the motion will be 

set for August 23, 2010. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 26, 2010 

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