Opinion
CASE NO. 2:90-CV-00520 LKK JFM P CASE NO. C01-1351 TEH
10-13-2011
RALPH COLEMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR, et al., Defendants. MARCIANO PLATA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR et al., Defendants.
HANSON BRIDGET LLP PAUL B. MELLO Attorneys for Defendants ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE DANIELLE F. O'BANNON Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendants PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER Attorneys for Plaintiffs
KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General of California
JONATHAN L. WOLFF
senior Assistant Attorney General
DEBBIE VOROUS
WILLIAM KWONG
KYLE A. LEWIS
DANIELLE F. O'BANNON
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
HANSON BRIDGET LLP
PAUL B. MELLO
JERROLD C. SCHAEFER
WALTER R. SCHNEIDER
MEGAN C. OLIVER THOMPSON
SAMANTHA D. WOLFF
RENJU P. JACOB
PAUL B. GRUWELL
THREE-JUDGE COURT
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING ATTORNEYS'
FEES, EXPENSES, AND COSTS
All matters concerning attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs arising out of the three-judge court litigation were stayed pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision. (See Plata Docket 2321, 2344; Coleman Docket 3948, 2977.) On May 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision affirming the three-judge court's order. Defendants and the Prison Law Office submit this stipulation concerning the Prison Law Office's attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs arising out of the three-judge court litigation through June 30, 2011.
Plaintiffs are represented by multiple law firms in this litigation. One law firm is the Prison Law Office. Defendants and the Prison Law Office completed their meet and confer process on October 4, 2011, and have successfully narrowed the dispute and reached a resolution in the amount of $2,184,759, for all fees, costs, and expenses related to, incurred by, and associated with the Prison Law Office's attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs for the three-judge court proceedings, including all work before the district court, the three-judge court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, incurred through June 30, 2011.
The parties agree that Defendants will not pay any multiplier and the Prison Law Office agrees to discount its demand for attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs as set forth above. The Prison Law Office waives any and all rights associated with any further payment of fees, expenses, costs, or compensation of any kind associated with the three-judge court proceedings through June 30, 2011. Defendants will pay $2,184,759 within 14 days of the date of execution of this stipulation.
IT IS SO STIPULATED:
HANSON BRIDGET LLP
PAUL B. MELLO
Attorneys for Defendants
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
DANIELLE F. O'BANNON
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
PRISON LAW OFFICE
DONALD SPECTER
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Judge Thelton E. Henderson