Opinion
Case No. Civ. S-94-0671 LKK-GGH
01-10-2012
JERRY VALDIVIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants.1
GEOFFREY THOMAS HOLTZ - 191370 BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP DONALD SPECTER - 83925 PRISON LAW OFFICE MICHAEL W. BIEN - 96891 ERNEST GALVAN - 196065 SHIRLEY HUEY - 224114 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs Samantha Wolff Attorneys for Defendants
GEOFFREY THOMAS HOLTZ - 191370
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
DONALD SPECTER - 83925
PRISON LAW OFFICE
MICHAEL W. BIEN - 96891
ERNEST GALVAN - 196065
SHIRLEY HUEY - 224114
ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
STIPULATION AND ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED
ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS FOR THIRD QUARTER, 2011
Judge: Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton
On July 8, 2004, this Court established procedures by which plaintiffs are to collect periodic attorneys' fees and costs in this case in connection with their work monitoring defendants' compliance with the Court's Orders and collecting fees.
Pursuant to these procedures, plaintiffs sent their Quarterly Statement for the Third Quarter of 2011, covering the period of July 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011 to defendants via overnight Federal Express on October 27, 2011. Defendants submitted their objections to plaintiffs' statement on December 6, 2011. The parties completed their meet and confer on December 19, 2011, and reached an agreement as to most of the hours and all of the costs incurred in this quarter.
Pursuant to the July 8, 2004 Order, ¶ 4, the parties will defer and hold in abeyance the dispute over the remaining hours that are not settled through this Stipulation (a total of $91,797 in fees that Defendants have objected to as related to the pending Proposition 9 motions) until they are settled or a yearly motion to compel payment is brought following the meet and confer covering the fourth quarter of 2011.
The parties agree that $593,156.74 of fees and costs incurred during the Third Quarter of 2011 are undisputed. (A summary of the fees and costs, reflecting the fees at 2011 rates, is attached hereto as Exhibit A.) WHEREFORE, IT IS CONFIRMED that $593,156.74 plus interest accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 is due and collectable as of forty-five days from the date of entry of this Order.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Respectfully submitted,
ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP
By: _________
Ernest Galvan
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
HANSON BRIDGETT, LLP
By: _________
Samantha Wolff
Attorneys for Defendants
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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LAWRENCE K. KARLTON
SENIOR JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT