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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: Collection of First Quarter Fees

Perez v. Cate, 05–5241 JSW

CARLOS PEREZ, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

PRISON LAW OFFICE

DONALD SPECTER #83925

STEVEN FAMA #99641 

ALISON HARDY #135966

1917 Fifth Street

Telephone: (510) 280-2621

Facsimile: (510) 280-2704

ahardy@prisonlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. C05-5241 JSW

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

PERIODIC COLLECTION OF

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

On April 10, 2007, this Court established a procedure by which plaintiffs are to

collect attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with the Amended Stipulation and

Order. This procedure requires plaintiffs' counsel to submit to defendants a quarterly

statement of fees incurred in monitoring work, and permits defendants thirty (30) days

from the receipt of plaintiffs' statement to notify plaintiffs of any disputed items. After the

parties meet and confer on any of defendant's objections, counsel shall then prepare a

stipulated order for payment of the fees not subject to defendants’ objections. The Order

also states that defendants shall have thirty (30) days from the entry of the order to pay the

undisputed fees and that interest on any undisputed fees will run from the thirty-first day

after the Order is filed, accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

Pursuant to this procedure, plaintiffs' counsel served their first quarter billing

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statement demanding $9,793 for the period from January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008

on May 28, 2008. Defendants objected to several billing entries and to plaintiffs’ rate for

paralegal work. Following a meet and confer, the parties agreed to settle plaintiffs’ claim

for $8,008. Plaintiffs, however, reserve the right to move to compel payment at the

requested paralegal rate, as provided in the April 10, 2007 order.

 WHEREFORE, defendants agree to pay plaintiffs’ counsel $8,008 within 30 days

of the signing of this Order. On the 31 day following the entry of this Order, interest on st

any unpaid amount will begin to accrue at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 (i.e., the

weekly average 1 year constant maturity Treasury yield for the calendar week preceding

the date of the Order.)

AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES:

Date: July 30, 2008

 /s/ 

Alison Hardy

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Date: August 22, 2008 /s/ 

Charles Antonen

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants

I, Alison Hardy, attest that Charles J. Antonen signed this document on August 22, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _______________, 2008 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Court Judge

August 25

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