FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

3200 N. Central Avenue, Suite 805

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2407

(602) 281-3400

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Cleopatria Martinez,

Plaintiff,

v.

Maricopa County Community College 

District; et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV 15-01759-PHX-NVW

MOTION TO FILE DEFENDANTS’

TASK-BASED ITEMIZED 

STATEMENT OF FEES AND 

EXPENSES AND FEE 

AGREEMENT UNDER SEAL

Defendants Maricopa County Community College District, Rufus Glasper, Ph.D. 

and Debra Glasper (“Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, 

respectfully request leave of the Court to file their Task-Based Itemized Statement of 

Fees and Expenses (“Itemized Statement”) and Fee Agreement in support of Defendants’

Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs (Doc. 95) under seal.

Local Rule 54.2(d)(3) provides that “Counsel may seek leave of Court to file such 

statement under seal if deemed necessary to prevent the disclosure of information 

protected by the attorney-client privilege and attorney work-product doctrine.” 

Defendants’ Itemized Statement contains detailed narratives of the work which they 

performed and the legal strategies which they employed. These communications 

between counsel and their clients are privileged and Defendants do not wish to waive the 

Pavneet Singh Uppal, SBN 016805

Shayna H. Balch, SBN 024852

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

3200 N. Central Avenue, Suite 805

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2407

Telephone: (602) 281-3400

Fax: (602) 281-3401

puppal@fisherphillips.com

sbalch@fisherphillips.com

Attorneys for Defendants

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privilege. As the above-referenced local rule recognizes, a party’s ability to seek 

attorneys’ fees and costs should not be premised or contingent upon a waiver of the 

privilege. Accordingly, Defendants respectfully submit that they should be permitted to 

file their Itemized Statement and Fee Agreement under seal.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 15

th day of November 2017.

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

By s/ Shayna H. Balch

Pavneet Singh Uppal

Shayna H. Balch

3200 N. Central Avenue, Suite 805

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2407

Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on November 15, 2017, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and 

transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrant(s):

Edmundo P. Robaina

Thomas T. Griffin

Ashley A. Marton

ROBAINA & KRESIN PLLC

5343 North 16th Street, Suite 200

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

 s/ Michelle Colwell

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