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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:22:39+00:00

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Rehabilitation (CDCR) illegally censored its publications.
in order to settle Plaintiff's claims and to avoid litigation.
Rosen Decl., Ex. 8 at Appx. A ¶ 8.
Id. at Ex. 8 ¶ 7.
expenses to be paid to Plaintiff's attorneys."
attempted to resolve their disputes regarding fees and costs.
establishment of a semi-annual fees process.
reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs."
circumstances render an award unjust."
Sound Power & Light Co., 875 F.2d 695, 696 (9th Cir. 1989).
the Court now closes the case.
on work performed after that date."
that the attorneys' fees be waived."
be entitled to recover fees.
authority for such a reading of a reservation of rights.
performed after the settlement agreement was signed.
filing of a complaint and a dismissal."
necessary to accomplish this task."
basis on which to deny fees altogether.
Multnomah County, 815 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1987).
359, 363 (9th Cir. 1996).
lodestar figure represents a reasonable fee.
and (12) awards in similar cases.
expended’ and ‘a reasonable hourly rate’”) (quoting Blum, 465 U.S.
Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437 (1983); Hall v.
settlement agreement was signed, and August 31, 2007.
as drafting press releases and responding to media inquiries.
the time entries are block-billed.
client, private attorneys do such work and bill their clients.
Prevailing civil rights plaintiffs may do the same."
and opinion vacated in non-relevant part, 984 F.2d 345 (1993).
Plaintiff's goal of improving prisoner access to its publication.
allege is administrative or secretarial.
billed at a paralegal rate, regardless of who preforms them."
Missouri v. Jenkins, 491 U.S. 274, 288 n.10 (1989).
should not be required to pay.
firm's hourly rates for professional services.
not properly chargeable to a client or recoverable in litigation."
issue . . . .
Trustees of Constr. Indus. and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v.
billed and who pay bills on a current basis."
However, Plaintiffs simply argue that "[m]any of the tasks"
See Trunko Decl., Ex. G.
hours of entries they argue are "non-descriptive."
or parties involved in the communications.
the context of the surrounding entries."
Rosen Decl., Ex. 9 at 2.
Plaintiff's attorneys' compensable hours on this basis.
Trunko's declaration in support of their request.
reduce Plaintiff's attorneys' compensable hours on this basis.
communications of an administrative nature."
a figure Trunko describes as "significant."
highest total fees for the conference."
Defendants provide any explanation for this methodology.
is no longer a conference.
Plaintiff's attorney who participated or billed. See Id. at 2.
Plaintiff's attorneys was excessive and duplicative."
Daimler Chrysler Corp., 520 F. Supp. 2d 589, 605 (D.N.J. 2007).
conference was excessive or duplicative.
not reduce Plaintiff's attorneys' compensable hours on this basis.
"would be presumed to be familiar to experienced counsel."
entries are based on time spent researching local procedural rules.
See Trunko Decl., Ex. K.
prejudice to an attorney's clients.
forth interaction with Defendants and their attorneys."
See Trunko Decl., Ex. L-1.
attorneys have submitted fees for excessive and redundant tasks.
discrete billing reductions of $14,177.50.
$1,492.79 in expenses related to litigation.
not normally be charged to a client.
See Trunko Decl. ¶ 17.
accrued by a law firm in the course of running a business.
paying clients and in its fee applications.
documentation relating to travel on May 11, 2007.
to a public hearing on May 11, 2007.
Determining a reasonable hourly rate is a critical inquiry.
quality of representation; and (4) the results obtained.
Cabrales v. County of Los Angeles, 864 F.2d 1454, 1464 (9th Cir.
Morales, 96 F.3d at 363-64.
market rates in the forum district.
1392, 1405 (9th Cir. 1992).
partners and $252 for associates.
by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PRLA).
See, e.g., Pearl Decl. at 8, 10, 11, 13-15.
rates claimed by Plaintiff's attorneys.
entitlement to a general award of civil rights attorney's fees."
1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1146 (1996).
Friend v. Kolodzieczak, 72 F.3d 1386, 1391-92 (9th Cir.
accruing subsequent to the date of this order.
annual process to protect its right to future fee awards.
implementation of the agreement's terms.
other cases with regular fees procedures.
Plaintiff from filing further motions for attorneys' fees.
fees is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part (Docket No. 23).

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