Armstrong, et al v. Davis, et al

Filing 2559

ORDER REGARDING COMPENSATION OF COURT EXPERT. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 11/9/15. (jebS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/9/2015)

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1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, v. No. C 94-2307 CW ORDER REGARDING COMPENSATION OF COURT EXPERT EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants. ________________________________/ 13 14 On June 11, 2007, the Court appointed Edward Swanson as the 15 Court’s Rule 706 Expert in the above-captioned matter. 16 order of appointment, the Court ordered that the Expert “shall 17 receive reasonable compensation at a rate to be set by the Court.” 18 Docket No. 1121. 19 $450/hour as of June 2007, and that rate has not changed since the 20 Expert was appointed. 21 In the The Court Expert’s compensation was set at At the request of the Court Expert, the Court is considering 22 raising the Expert’s rate to $600/hour. 23 roughly in line with the rate increases that plaintiffs’ counsel 24 have received in this matter over the same time period. 25 That increase would be Any party that objects to the requested rate increase may 26 file an objection no later than November 20, 2015. 27 consider any objections prior to issuing an order regarding the 28 The Court will 1 Expert’s request. 2 2015. 3 Any rate increase will be effective December 1, IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 6 Dated: November 9, 2015 CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Judge 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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