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Parties Involved:
California Department of Education
Defendant
Winston Krone
Special Master
Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MORGAN HILL CONCERNED 

PARENTS ASSOCIATION, an 

unincorporated association, and 

CONCERNED PARENTS 

ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated 

association, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

EDUCATION and DOES 1 through 5, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-03471-KJM-AC 

ORDER 

By previous order, the court appointed Winston Krone discovery Special Master in 

this case. ECF No. 116. The court also concluded the California Department of Education 

(CDE) should bear the responsibility for special master’s fees at this stage of the case. Id. at 4. 

The court clarified it would issue a separate order on the method of payment. Id. at 5. This is 

that separate order. 

The Special Master forwarded the court an invoice of his fees incurred between 

August 4, 2015 and October 18, 2015. His fees total $23,678.88 at an hourly rate of $350. His 

billable expenses total $53.88. On review of the invoice, the proposed discovery protocol, and 

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the case’s progression between August 2015 and the date of this order, the court has tentatively 

concluded these amounts are reasonable and will be paid by the CDE. 

The itemized invoice will be forwarded by email to both parties. No later than 

fourteen days after the date this order is filed, the CDE may object to any item in that invoice in 

an in camera filing submitted to kjmorders@caed.uscourts.gov and served on plaintiffs’ counsel. 

The court may then request a response from plaintiffs’ counsel if necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 1, 2015. 

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