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Parties Involved:
Pranika Joshi
Plaintiff
Rakesh Joshi
Plaintiff
Starbucks Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND ORDER AWARDING PLAINTIFFS REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND RELATED 

NONTAXABLE EXPENSES AND COSTS 

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John Karl Buche (SBN 239477) 

BUCHE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

875 Prospect, Suite 305 

La Jolla, California 92037 

Telephone: 858.459.9111 

Facsimile: 858.459.9120 

Email: jbuche@buchelaw.com

Damian E. LaCroix (PHV) (SBN (TX) 24027433) 

The LaCroix Law Firm 

416 Westheimer 

Houston, Texas 77002 

Telephone: 713.623.8200 

Facsimile: 713.623.8400 

EMAIL: dlacroix@cbl-law.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

RAKESH JOSHI and PRANIKA JOSHI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAKESH JOSHI and PRANIKA 

JOSHI, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION, a 

Washington corporation, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive, 

 Defendant. 

 Case No. 2:09-CV-00095-FCD-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AWARDING PLAINTIFFS 

REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

AND RELATED NONTAXABLE 

EXPENSES AND COSTS 

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Plaintiffs Rakesh Joshi and Pranika Joshi (“Plaintiffs”) and defendant 

Starbucks Corporation (“Starbucks”), through their respective counsel (collectively, 

the “Parties”), submit the following stipulation: 

WHEREAS on January 12, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Acceptance of 

Starbucks’ Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 Offer of Judgment to pay Plaintiffs 

Four Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($400,000.00) in settlement of this 

lawsuit; 

WHEREAS the Offer of Judgment also included an offer to pay Plaintiffs for 

reasonable attorneys’ fees, and related nontaxable expenses and costs Plaintiffs 

incurred through the date of the Offer of Judgment in connection with this lawsuit; 

WHEREAS on January 12, 2010, pursuant to the Offer of Judgment, this Court 

entered an interlocutory judgment in accordance with the Offer of Judgment and 

Acceptance of the Offer of Judgment by Plaintiffs; 

WHEREAS the Parties dispute the amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees to be 

paid to Plaintiffs; 

WHEREAS the Parties settled this dispute by reaching an agreement as to an 

agreed-upon amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and 

costs to be paid to Plaintiffs by virtue of their bringing this lawsuit; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Starbucks shall pay Plaintiffs, within three 

business days of the date this Order is signed by this Court, One Hundred EightyFour Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two and 49/100 Dollars ($184,322.49) in 

satisfaction of the portion of the judgment comprised of reasonable attorneys’ fees, 

related nontaxable expenses and costs; 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that Community 1st Bank has made a claim to 

amounts paid by Starbucks to Plaintiffs in settlement of this lawsuit, except that 

Community 1st Bank has expressly disclaimed that it is seeking any portion of the 

judgment comprised of reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and 

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costs to be paid to Plaintiffs by virtue of their bringing this lawsuit pursuant to the 

letter attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that within three business days of Starbucks’ 

payment to Plaintiffs of the portion of the judgment comprised of reasonable 

attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and costs to be paid to Plaintiffs by 

virtue of their bringing this lawsuit, that portion of the judgment shall be satisfied, 

and Plaintiff shall file the Partial Satisfaction of Judgment – Attorneys’ Fees and 

Costs attached hereto as Exhibit B; and 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that this Stipulation shall not in any way limit the 

res judicata effect of the judgment in this lawsuit or Starbucks’ obligation to pay the 

portion of the judgment comprised of Four Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars 

($400,000.00), 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties, by and through 

their respective attorneys of record, as follows: Plaintiffs shall be awarded One 

Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two and 49/100 Dollars 

($184,322.49) as reasonable attorneys’ fees, related nontaxable expenses and costs. 

Dated: April 13, 2010 THE LACROIX LAW FIRM, P.C. 

s/Damian E. LaCroix 

Damian E. LaCroix 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Rakesh Joshi and Pranika Joshi 

Dated: April 13, 2010 WILLENKEN WILSON LOH & LIEB, LLP 

s/Eileen M. Ahern 

Eileen M. Ahern 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Starbucks Corporation 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 14, 2010 

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