L.H. et al v. Schwarzenegger et al

Filing 575

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 05/25/10 ORDERING that effective, 06/01/10, Virginia Morrison shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the special master in this action as indicated in this court's 394 05/21/08 order and shall be compensated at the rates set forth in this order; and effective 06/01/10, Patricia Gray shall serve as deputy special master in this action and shall be compensated at the rates set forth in this order. (Benson, A.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Case No. 2:06-CV-02042-LKK-GGH ORDER CONCERNING SPECIAL MASTER

13 L.H., A.Z., D.K., D.R., M.N., and R.C., on behalf of
themselves and all other similarly situated juvenile 14 parolees in California,

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vs.

Plaintiffs, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor, State of California, MATTHEW L. CATE, Secretary (A), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"); DAVID RUNNELLS, Undersecretary, CDCR; BERNARD WARNER, Chief Deputy Secretary of the Division of Juvenile Justice; CAROLINA GARCIA, Director, Division of Juvenile Parole; DENNIS DULAY, Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Juvenile Parole Operations; MARTIN HOSHINO, Executive Director of the Board of Parole Hearings ("BPH"); JAMES DAVIS, Chair of the BPH; JOYCE ARREDONDO, PAUL CHABOT, JOSEPH COMPTON, SUSAN MELANSON, THOMAS MARTINEZ, ASKIA ABULMAJEED, and CHUCK SUPPLE, Commissioners and Board Representatives, CDCR; DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE; BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS; and the JUVENILE PAROLE BOARD, Defendants.

ORDER CONCERNING SPECIAL MASTER - CASE NO. 2:06-CV-02042-LKK-GGH
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On May 21, 2008, this Court ordered that a special master be appointed in this action and issued

2 an Order of Reference defining the duties of the special master. This Court appointed Chase Riveland as 3 special master and Virginia Morrison as deputy special master. 4
Special Master Chase Riveland has informed the court of his intention to retire from this action.

5 Good cause appearing, the court will appoint Deputy Special Master Virginia Morrison to serve as 6 special master in this action effective June 1, 2010. As of that date, Ms. Morrison shall be compensated 7 at the rate of $200 per hour for services performed in accordance with the Order of Reference, except that 8 she shall be compensated at the rate of $90 per hour for travel time. 9
In addition, the court will appoint Patricia Gray to serve as deputy special master in this action

10 effective June 1, 2010. Ms. Gray shall be compensated at the rate of $175 per hour for services 11 performed in accordance with the Order of Reference, except that she shall be compensated at the rate of 12 $90 per hour for travel time. All reasonable expenses incurred in performing the duties under the Order 13 of Reference shall be reimbursed as costs of the mastership. 14 15
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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Effective June 1, 2010, Virginia Morrison shall assume the duties and

16 responsibilities of the special master in this action as indicated in this court's May 21, 2008 17 order and shall be compensated at the rates set forth in this order; and 18 2. Effective June 1, 2010, Patricia Gray shall serve as deputy special master in this

19 action and shall be compensated at the rates set forth in this order. 20 21 Dated: May 25, 2010 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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1 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 2 Dated: May 20, 2010 3 4 5 6 Dated: May 20, 2010 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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/s/ Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld GAY CROSTHWAIT GRUNFELD Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs

/s/ Paul B. Mello PAUL B. MELLO Hanson Bridgett LLP Attorneys for Defendants