Opinion
Case Number: 2:08-cv-1494 KJN P
01-23-2012
Oshay Johnson, Plaintiff(s) v. Carrol, et al., Defendants.
REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO INCUR
COSTS (APPOINTED PRO BONO COUNSEL)
REQUEST OF PRO BONO COUNSEL FOR PRE-APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES Complete this form and return it to the court for approval prior to incurring the cost for which reimbursement is requested
All yellow highlighted fields must be completed prior to submission of this form.
I, R. Shanti Brien, attorney for plaintiff(s), declare as follows: I was appointed to represent plaintiff(s) in this action on April 20, 2011, by the Honorable Kendall J. Newman, United States District Judge/Magistrate Judge.
If no expenditure is being requested in one or more of the following itemized areas, enter 0 in the appropriate field.
TRAVEL EXPENSES:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦200 Miles (Mileage is paid at the prevailing GSA rate which is ¦$102.00¦ ¦available at www.gsa.gov) ¦ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦Non-mileage travel expenses: ¦$ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦DEPOSITION COSTS: 9Not covered by the Court Reporters Transcript ¦$ ¦ ¦Fund) ¦ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦SERVICE OF PAPERS, WITNESS FEES: ¦$ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦INTERPRETER AND EXPERT WITNESS FEES: ¦$ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦PHOTOCOPIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, & TELEPHONE TOLL CALLS: ¦$279.20¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦ ¦$ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦ ¦TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED: ¦$381.20¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I therefore request that this court authorize the expenditure(s) stated above which is/are necessary to continue my pro bono representation of plaintiff. The following requests tor authority to incur costs in this case have already been approved, The amount that has been reimbursed by the court for each previously approved expenditure is indicated in the "Amount Reimbursed" column.
+-----------------------------------------+ ¦Amount Approved¦Purpose¦Amount Reimbursed¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +---------------+-------+-----------------¦ +-----------------------------------------+ I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 8th day of December , 2011 , at Oakland, California.
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Attorney's Signature
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KENDALL J. NEWMAN
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE