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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

GLYNNIS BOHANNON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-01894-BLF 

ORDER RE CLARIFICATION OF

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED

MOTION FOR FEES, COSTS, AND 

EXPENSES

[Re: ECF 164]

Plaintiffs filed a letter alerting the Court to several clerical errors in the Order Granting As 

Modified Motion for Fees, Costs, and Expenses. ECF 164. The letter also appears to seek 

reconsideration of the Court’s denial of any fees for the work performed by Ms. Tran and Mr. 

Price by supplementing the evidentiary record regarding their education and experience. Id. 

Defendant filed a letter response, asserting that a letter is not the proper route for requesting 

reconsideration. ECF 165.

The Court agrees with Defendant that Plaintiffs’ attempt to supplement the evidentiary 

record for Ms. Tran and Mr. Price is procedurally improper. Defendant highlighted the insufficient 

evidence regarding Ms. Tran and Mr. Price in its Opposition to Plaintiffs’ fee motion, see Fees 

Opp. at 9, 19, ECF 145, yet Plaintiffs made no attempt to remedy this deficiency in their Reply. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-9, Plaintiffs may seek leave to file a motion for reconsideration, but 

their letter cannot be construed as such. Accordingly, the Court does not consider this request. 

On the other hand, the Court finds that Plaintiffs’ letter correctly identifies several clerical 

errors, now corrected as follows in the Amended Order. See ECF 166. The first page now 

correctly states that Plaintiffs sought $1.25, rather than $1.5, million in fees and the Background 

Section states that Defendant, not Plaintiffs, filed a Rule 23(f) appeal. Id. at 1:18, 3:27-28. In 

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addition, the Court explains that, of the 28 hours requested for pre-investigation work conducted 

by Benjamin Edelman, 13 hours was disallowed because that portion of his pre-investigation work

reasonably related to investigation of the unsuccessful Adult Claims which made up much of the 

initial pleadings. Id. at 13:17-24.

Additionally, the hours awarded to Mr. Cutter for briefing the class certification motion are

modified to reflect his actual request of 24.9 hours, resulting in a total of 214.9 hours awarded to 

counsel for briefing the class certification motion. This modest correction further causes an 

adjustment of the total hours allowed for Mr. Cutter’s work on the entire case and the total hours 

allowed for all counsel. Thus, 138.3 hours is awarded to Mr. Cutter for his work on this case and 

1,159.35 hours is awarded for all work on this case. Id. at 15:3, 15:5, 15:8, 17:9. This modification 

in hours causes the total fees awarded to be set at $132,768 for Mr. Cutter and $921,996 for all

counsel. Id. at 19, 21. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel further points out inconsistencies in the identification of hours allowed

set forth in the charts, as well as the “Total Tentatively Awarded” figure for Daniel Edelman. The 

amended order corrects the typographical errors. 

Of these changes, the only modification that alters the total fees awarded is the correction 

of Mr. Cutter’s hours to reflect his request. Thus, the final awards to Mr. Parker, Benjamin 

Edelman, Daniel Edelman, and Ms. Ibarra remain unchanged—$457,056, $128,778, $186,384, 

and $17,010, respectively. However, Mr. Cutter shall receive $132,768 and Plaintiffs’ total award 

is now $921,996.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 2, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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