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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stipulation and Order Re: Collection of Formerly Disputed Attorneys’ Fees

Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C-01-1351 T.E.H.

MARCIANO PLATA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,

Defendants.

PRISON LAW OFFICE

DONALD SPECTER #83925

STEVEN FAMA #99641 

ALISON HARDY #135966

1917 Fifth Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 280-2621

ahardy@prisonlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN

WARREN E. GEORGE #53588 

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 393-2000

Facsimile: (415) 393-2286

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. C-01-1351 T.E.H.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER FOR COLLECTION OF

2008 AND 2009 FORMERLY

DISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES

On June 30, 2010, the parties stipulated that they would meet and confer regarding

the hourly rates payable to Plaintiffs’ paralegals and litigation assistants, within ten days

after the mandate issued in the Perez v. Cate appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

(Docket No. 543), which addressed 2008 hourly rates for paralegals. Mandate issued on

February 4, 2011, and the parties thereafter extended the deadline to meet and confer. The

parties have since met and conferred and hereby stipulate to the following:

1. This stipulation applies to past due amounts for work performed by

paralegals and litigation assistants during the years 2008 and 2009. During this period,

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Stipulation and Order Re: Collection of Formerly Disputed Attorneys’ Fees

Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C-01-1351 T.E.H. 2

defendants compensated plaintiffs at an interim hourly rate of $135 for all work performed

by paralegals and litigation assistants during 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, and

$82.50 for work performed by those individuals in the succeeding three quarters.

2. The parties have reached an agreement that, in light of the Ninth Circuit

decision, Defendants will pay the following hourly rates for work performed by paralegals:

$169.50 for 2008, and $170 for 2009. The parties further agree that Defendants will pay

the difference between these stipulated hourly rates and the interim hourly rate of either

$135 or $82.50 already paid during the pendency of this dispute.

3. The parties have further agreed that Defendants will pay the following

hourly rates for work performed by litigation assistants: $135 for 2008 and $140 for 2009.

The parties further agree that Defendants will pay the difference between these stipulated

hourly rates and the interim hourly rate of either $135 or $82.50 already paid during the

pendency of this dispute.

4. Based upon the rates set forth above, for 2008 and 2009, Defendants agree to

pay plaintiffs’ counsel $55,600. This amount shall be paid within 30 days of the signing

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

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.)

5. Plaintiffs agree to waive their right to interest on the 2008 and 2009 fees’

differential from the date of the initial fee request to the present for this settlement. The

parties have reached this agreement solely for the purpose of settling the paralegal and

litigation assistant rate dispute for 2008 and 2009 in this action. The parties agree that the

rates outlined in the stipulation are for settlement purposes only and cannot be introduced

by either party in any other litigation regarding the reasonableness of any particular rate

for any particular year.

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Stipulation and Order Re: Collection of Formerly Disputed Attorneys’ Fees

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WHEREFORE, defendants agree to pay plaintiffs’ counsel $55,600 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: March 15, 2011

 /s/

Alison Hardy

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Date: March 23, 2011 /s/

Kyle A. Lewis

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants

I, Alison Hardy, attest that Kyle Lewis signed this document on March 23, 2011.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _______________, 2011 ___________________________

Honorable Thelton E. Henderson

United States District Court Judge

03/28

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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