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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 Perez v. Tilton, et al.

Periodic Payment of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs 05-CV-05241 JSW

CARLOS PEREZ, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v.

JAMES TILTON, et al.,

Defendants.

PRISON LAW OFFICE

DONALD SPECTER

ALISON HARDY, State Bar No. 135966

General Delivery

San Quentin, CA 94964

Telephone: (415) 457-9144

Facsimile: (415) 457-9151

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

DAVID CHANEY

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

ROCHELLE C. EAST

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

CHARLES J. ANTONEN, State Bar No. 221207

Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5711

Facsimile: (415) 703-5843

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. C05-5241 JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER RE PERIODIC PAYMENT

OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

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Stipulation and Order re Perez v. Tilton, et al.

Periodic Payment of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs 2 05-CV-05241 JSW

1. As permitted by Paragraph 42 of the Amended Stipulation and Order (Stipulation),

Plaintiff’s counsel shall submit quarterly statements to Defendants’ counsel for fees and costs

incurred in connection with Stipulation. In accordance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act

(PLRA), the statements will itemize the time spent, subject activity, applicable attorney and other

personnel billing rates, and costs with sufficient particularity to allow Defendants to identify

which efforts were or were not useful and necessary to ensure compliance with the Stipulation. 

The billing rates for Plaintiffs’ counsel shall be in accordance with 42 U.S.C. §1997e(d) of the

PLRA. The billing rates for personnel other than Plaintiffs’ counsel shall be identified in the first

quarterly statement of each year. Unless Defendants dispute any of the fees or costs requested, the

billing statements submitted by Plaintiffs’ counsel shall not include declarations or other

supporting pleadings. Plaintiffs’ counsel shall serve the quarterly statements simultaneously on

the Attorney General’s Office and the Legal Affairs Division of the California Department of

Corrections and Rehabilitation.

2. Upon receipt of Plaintiffs’ quarterly statement, Defendants shall have thirty days to

request clarification and/or dispute item(s) on the statement. After notifying Plaintiffs’ counsel of

such a request and/or dispute, Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel shall meet and confer within

thirty days. Following the meet and confer process, Plaintiffs’ counsel shall prepare a stipulated

order for payment of fees not subject to Defendants’ objections. Plaintiffs’ counsel shall present

the signed stipulated payment order to the Court for entry. Defendants shall have thirty days from

the entry of the order by the Court to pay the undisputed fees without accruing interest. Interest

shall begin to accrue, at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961, on any unpaid amounts on the

thirty-first day after the entry of the order by the Court.

3. If Defendants decline to agree to any stipulated payment order, or unreasonably fail

to timely process a fees request described in Paragraph 2, Plaintiffs’ counsel may file with the

Court a proposed order for collection of fees that are not disputed, together with a certification of

counsel under penalty of perjury setting forth the relevant facts and circumstances. Defendants’

counsel may respond within five court days of filing the proposed order and certification. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel may reply within two court days after Defendants’ response is filed. The

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parties request that the Court rule on Plaintiffs’ application without conducting a hearing, unless

the Court considers such a hearing necessary. The parties agree that this expedited process shall

not be used in instances where Defendants have a reasonable basis for disputing fees and expenses

Plaintiffs have claimed to be undisputed. If any party determines that systematic problems in the

meet and confer process have arisen, that party may move for further modification of this process

and this stipulation, by a properly noticed motion made pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court. 

4. Plaintiffs may file a yearly motion to compel payment of disputed items, if

necessary, not later than sixty days after the parties meet and confer with respect to the statement

covering the fourth quarter of each year. Such motion shall be briefed and heard pursuant to the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court. To the extent Plaintiffs

prevail on their motion to compel payment of disputed items, Defendants shall have thirty days

from the entry of the order by the Court to pay the amount of the order without accruing interest. 

Interest shall begin to accrue, at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961, on any unpaid amounts on

the thirty-first day after the entry of the order by the Court. If Defendants oppose any billing rates

proposed by Plaintiffs’ counsel, Plaintiffs shall bring a motion to compel on this issue following

the first quarterly statement of each year. 

5. In the event that an unusually large number of hours or a significant issue is

 in dispute, Plaintiffs may bring a quarterly motion to compel on those issues alone. Any such

quarterly motion to compel will be filed no later than thirty days after the parties have met and

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conferred on the quarterly statement at issue. Such motions will be briefed and heard pursuant to

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Date: April 10, 2007 /s/ Alison Hardy 

Alison Hardy

Prison Law Office

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Date: April 10, 2007 /s/ Charles J. Antonen 

Charles J. Antonen

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants

I, Alison hardy, attest that Charles Antonen signed this document on April 10, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________ _________________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Court

April 10, 2007

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