Armstrong, et al v. Davis, et al

Filing 2841

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 2839 Stipulation Confirming Undisputed Attorneys' Fees and Costs for the Fourth Quarter of 2018.(ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/12/2019)

1 DONALD SPECTER – 083925
RITA K. LOMIO – 254501
2 MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583
PRISON LAW OFFICE
3 1917 Fifth Street
Berkeley, California 94710-1916
4 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
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MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891
6 GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944
PENNY GODBOLD – 226925
7 MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850
HUGO D. CABRERA - 309289
8 ROSEN BIEN
GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP
9 101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor
San Francisco, California 94105-1738
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Facsimile: [phone]
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LINDA D. KILB – 136101
12 DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION &
DEFENSE FUND, INC.
13 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 201
Berkeley, California 94703
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Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. C94 2307 CW
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER
CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED
ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS
FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF
2018
Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken

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Case No. C94 2307 CW
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE
FOURTH QUARTER 2018

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On March 26, 1997, the District Court established procedures by which Plaintiffs

2 are to collect periodic attorneys’ fees and costs in this case in connection with their work
3 monitoring Defendants’ compliance with the Court’s Orders and collecting fees.
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Pursuant to these procedures, on January 18, 2019, Plaintiffs served on Defendants

5 their Fourth Quarterly Statement for 2018 by overnight delivery. The parties completed
6 their meet-and-confer process on March 6, 2019 as to the fees and costs incurred on all
7 matters.
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As a result of the March 6, 2019 agreement, the parties agree to the following:

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The parties agree to the payment of $1,256,784.34 to resolve all fees and costs

10 incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2018, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in
11 the California Department of Corrections of Rehabilitation Division of Adult Operations
12 and Adult Programs (CDCR AOAP) portion of the case. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are
13 charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by
14 the parties to settle these claims.
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The parties agree to the payment of $86,039.36 to resolve all fees and costs incurred

16 during the Fourth Quarter of 2018, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in the Board
17 of Parole Hearings (BPH) portion of the case. Attached hereto as Exhibit B are charts
18 setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by the
19 parties to settle these claims.
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The parties agree to the payment of $214,040.36 to resolve all fees and costs

21 incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2018, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in
22 the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) portion of the case. Attached hereto as
23 Exhibit C are charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts
24 agreed to by the parties to settle these claims.
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The parties agree to the payment of $13,311.87 to resolve all fees and costs incurred

26 during the Fourth Quarter of 2018, for fees work. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are charts
27 setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by the
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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE
FOURTH QUARTER 2018

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the amounts set forth above are due and

2 collectable as of forty-five days from the date of entry of this Order. Interest on these fees
3 and costs will run from February 19, 2019, accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C.
4 § 1961.
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3/12/2019
Claudia Wilken
United States District Judge

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/s/Sharon Garske
Sharon Garske
Deputy Attorney General
Attorney for Defendants

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DATED: March 6, 2019

/s/Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld
Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Attorney for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE
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EXHIBIT A

Armstronq v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

CDCR/AOAP SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS
MATTER
CDCR/AOAP MONITORING

UNDI$PUTED FEES

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$1,221,013.92

$35,770.42

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$1,256,784.34

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018
Matter: CDCR/AOAP Monitoring/Merits

Actual

Monitorins (581-3)

Hours
ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Michael W. Bien (MWB)

Claimed

Hours

Rates

$965
$835

1.6

Penny Godbold (PG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)

1.70
24.90
0

312.50
184.90

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Ernest Galvan (EG)

309.00
182.20
0.00
47.20

$780
$675
$700
$650
$585
$535
$535
$525
$410
$340
$275
$275
$275
$240
$240
$240
$240
$225

1.70
24.90

0.20

Lisa Ells (LAE)
Michael L. Freedman (MLF)
Ben Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Krista Stone-Manista (KSM)
Jenny Yelin (JY)
Hugo D. Cabrera (HDC)
Karen Stilber (KES)
F. Gail LaPurja (FGL)
Greg Gonzalez (GZG)
Fely F. Villadelgado (FFV)
Dylan Verner-Crist (DVC)
Marcus V. Levy (MVL)

48.70
151 .30
51 .80

22.20

51.40
137.60

0.10
55.40
0.40
77.30
0.50
28.00

Nathalie Welch (NW)
Hanna Wallace (HW)
Michael Brier (MB)

150.50
49.60
21.80
51.40
134.90

0.00
54.80
0.00
72.00

0.00
16.70

334.40

321.40

'170.00

Total Hours

140.40
1,578.50

1,654.90

Fees Now Owing
Per Neqotiated

20'18

Total

Compromise

$ 1 ,640.50
$20,791.50
$0.00
$208,575.00
$

127,540.00

$0.00
$27,612.00
$80,5'17.50

$26,536.00
$11,445.00
$21,074.OO

$45,866.00
$0.00
$15,070.00
$0.00
$17,280.00
$0.00
$4,008.00
$77,136.00
$31,590.00

$1,574.88
$'19,959.84
$0.00
$200,232.00
$122,438.40
$0.00

$26$07.52
$77,296.80
$25,474.56
$10,987.20
$20,231.O4
$44,031.36
$0.00
$14,467.20
$0.00

$16,s88.80
$0.00
$3,847.68
$74,050.56
$30,326.40

$716,681.50

RBGG CLAIMED FEES:

$688,014.24

100,860.00

$7,503.84
$3,336.96
$2,527.20
$96,825.60

PRISON LAW OFFICE
8.10
4.40
3.90

8.10

$965

$7,8'16.50

4.40

$790

3.90

$675

$3,476.00
$2,632.50

164.00

'164.00

$61 5

Thomas Nosewicz (TMN)

96.90

96.90

$585

$56,686.50

$54,419.04

Margot Mendelson (MM)
Camille Woods (CW)

57.30
86.70

57.30

$535
$350

$30,655.50
$30,345.00

$29,429.28

Amber Norris (AN)
Megan Lynch (ML)
Sarah Hopkins (SH)
Alayna O'Bryan
Tania Amarillas (TA)
Darryl Geyer (DG)
Alexis Hoffman (AH)
Gabby Sergi (GS)
Gabriela Pelsinger (GP)
Juliette Mueller (JM)

151 .30

151 .30

289.20
128.90
70.80

289.20
128.90
70.80
20.30
14.60
50.70

$335
$335
$300
$275
$275

$50,685.50
$96,882.00
$38,670.00
$19,470.00
$5,582.50
$4,015.00
$13,942.50
$40,040.00
$23,320.00
$29,75s.00

$48,658.08
$93,006.72
$37,123.20
$18,691.20
$5,359.20
$3,854.40
$13,3B4.80
$38,438.40
$22,387.20
$28,564.80

$554,834.50

$s32,641.',t2

$84.50
$28e.00

$277.44

$373.s0

$358.56

Donald Specter (DS)
Sara Norman (SN)
Corene Kendtrick (CK)
Rita Lomio (RL)

20.30
14.60
50.70
145.60
84.80
108.20

Total Hours:

1,485.70

86.70

'145.60

84.80
108.20
1,485.70

$275
$275
$275
$275
$275

PLO CLAIMED FEES

$

$29,',131.20

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND
DEFENSE FUND
Linda Kilb (LK)
Case Clerk

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Total Hours:
DREDF CLAIMED FEES:

1.70
1.70

0.'l
1.70
1.70

$845
$1 70

$81

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TOTAL CLAIMED CDCR/AOAP
MONITORING FEES:

$1,271,889.50

$1,221,013.92

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

Costs

Matter: CDCR/AOAP Merits/Monitorins

Costs Now Owing
Per Neqotiated
Compromise

Costs

Rosen. Bien. Galvan & Grunfeld (581-3)
Photocopying (ln house)
Photocopying/printing (Outside)
Translation/lnterpreter Services
Online Research - PACER, Westlaw
Postage & Delivery
Telephone
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

$1,604.00
$712.29
$1,841.20
$155.73
$184.72

$1,539.84
$683.80
$1,767.55

$12,174.94

$149.50
$177.33
$143.14
$11,687.94

$16,821.98

$16,149.10

$301.80
$4,793.70
$13,696.88
$1,566.10

$289.73
$4,601.95
$1 3,149.00

$20,358.48

$19,544.14

$61.80
$18.59

$59.33
$17.85

Total DREDF Costs

$80.39

$77.17

TOTAL CLAIMED CDCRYAOAP MERITS/MONITORING COSTS

$37,260.85

$35,770.42

$1 49.1

Total RBGG Costs

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Prison Law Office
Photocopying (ln house)
lnterpreter services (SLl)
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food
Postage & Delivery

Total PLO Costs:

$1,503.46

Disabilitv Riqhts Education & Defense Fund, lnc.
Photgcopying (in-house)
Postage & Delivery

EXHIBIT B

Armstronq v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

BPH SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS
MATTER
BPH

UNDISPUTED FEES

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$85,276.80

$762.56

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$86,039.36

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October I ,2018 through December 31 ,2018

Matter: BPH

Actual

BPH (581-4)

Claimed

Hours Hours

Fees Now Owing
Per Neqotiated

2018
Rates

Total

Compromise

BPH MONITORING (581.41
ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Ernest Galvan (EG)
Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)
Karen Janssen (KJJ)
Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Hugo D. Cabrera (HDC)
Karen Stilber (KES)
Dylan Verner-Crist (DVC)
Marcus V. Levy (MVL)
Nathalie C. Welch

2.2
4.40
49.60
0.40
0.10
11.50
1.60
0.30
0.70
3.80
74.60

2.2
4.40
49.60
0.00
0.00
't1.50

$780
$83s
$700
$525
$535

1.60

$340
$240
$240
$240

1.30

$1,647.36
$3,527.04
$33,331.20
$0.00
$0.00
$4,526.40
$522.24
$0.00
$0.00
$299.52

$45,681.00

Total Hours:

0.00
0.00

$41 0

,716.00
$3,674.00
$34,720.00
$o.oo
$0.00
$4,715.00
$544.00
$0.00
$0.00
$312.00

$43,853.76

$7,742.00
$11,439.00
$23,968.00

$10,981 .44

$43,149.00

$41,423.04

$88,830.00

$85,276.80

$1

70.60

RBGG CLAIMED FEES:
PRISON LAW OFFICE
LB0

Sara Norman (SN)
Rita Lomio (RL)
Rana Anabtawi (RA)

Total Hours:
PLO CLAIMED FEES:

TOTAL CLAIMED FEES FOR
BPH WORK:

9.80

$790

18.60
44.80
73.20

18.60
44.80

$61 5

$535

$7,432.32
$23,009.28

73.20

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement ol 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

Costs

Matter: BPH
Costs Now Owing
Rosen. Bien. Galvan & Grunfeld (581-4)

Costs

Photocopying (ln house)
Telephone
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

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Per Neqotiated
Compromise
$17.47
$o'58

$18.20
$0.60
$333.86

$320.51

TotalRBGG Costs:

$352.66

$338.55

$441.67

$424.00

Total PLO Gosts:

$441.67

$424.00

TOTAL CLAIMED BPH COSTS:

$794.33

$762.56

Prison Law Office
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

E,XHIBIT C

Armstronq v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

DAPO SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS
MATTER
DAPO MONITORING

UNDISPUTED

FEES

UNDISPUTED COST

$209,897.76

$4,142.60

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$214,040.36

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018
Matter: DAPO Monitoring

Actual

DAPO Monitorins (581-91

Claimed

Hours Hours

Fees Now Owing
Per Neqotiated

2018
Rates

Total

Compromise

ROSEN. BIEN. GALVAN & GRUNFELD
MichaelW. Bien (MWB)

0.30
31.30

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Ernest Galvan (EG)
Penny Godbold (PG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)
Michael L. Freedman (MLF)
Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Krista Stone-Manista (KSM)
Jenny S. Yelin (JSY)
Hugo D. Cabrera (HDC)
Karen Stilber (KES)
F. Gail LaPurja (FGL)
Marcus V. Levy (MVL)
Fely Villadelgado (FFV)
Nathalie Welch (NCW)
Dylan Verner-Crist (DVC)
Hanna Wallace (HW)

0.00
31.30

1.50

1.50

26.20
5.40
60.30
32.90
19.80
52.20
102.50
23.40
9.10

25.90
0.00
58.30
32.20
19.80
49.60
95.00
22.80
8.80
0.00
0.00
153.20
0.00
0.00
498.40

1.00
1.70

186.20
0.20
1.00

Total Hours:
RBGG CLAIMED FEES:

TOTAL CLAIMED FOR DAPO
MONITORING WORK:

555.00

$965
$835
$780
$675
$700
$585
$535
$535
$525
$41 0

$340
$275
$27s
$275

$240
$240
$240

$0.00
$26,135.50
$1 ,170.00
$17,482.50
$o.oo
$34,105.50
$17,227.00
$10,593.00
$26,040,00
$38,950.00
$7,752.00
$2,420.00
$0.00
$0.00
$36,768.00
$0.00
$0.00

$0.00
$25,090.08
$1,123.20
$16,783.20
$0.00

$218,643.50

$209,897.76

$218,643.50

$209,897.76

$32,7 41.28

$16,537.92
$10,169.28
$24,998.40
$37,392,00
$7,441.52
$2,323.20
$o.oo
$0.00
$35,297.28
$o.oo
$0.00

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement sl 2018
October 1, 2018through December 31, 20'18

Costs

Matter: DAPO Monitoring

Costs Now Owing

Rosen. Bien. Galvan & Grunfeld (581-9)

Costs

Per Nesotiated
Gqmpromise

$814,20
$179.77
$392.57
$57.35
$1.35
$2,869.97

$781.63
$172.58
$376.87
$55.06
$1'30
$2,755.17

TotalRBGG Costs:

$4,315.21

$4,142.60

TOTAL CLAIMED DAPO MONITORING GOSTS:

$4,315.21

$4,142.60

Photocopying (in-house)
Photocopying (outside)
Westlaw
lnhouse Postage
Long distance telephone charges
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

EXHIBIT D

Armstronq v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018

SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES WORK AND COSTS
UNDISPUTED FEES
FEES WORK (ALL MATTERS)

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$13,072.32

$239.55

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$13,311.87

Armstrong v. Brown
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1,2018 through December 31,2018
Matter: All Matters Fees Work

Actual

Fees (581-2)

Claimed

Hours Hours

Fees Now Owing
Per Negotiated

2018
Rates

Total

Compromise

ROSEN. BIEN. GAL VAN & GRUNFELD

0.20
22.40

0.00
21.20

$835
$340
$225

RBGG CLAIMED FEES:

$5,771.52
$4,569.60

$10,341.12

$922.50
$535.00
$1 ,1 34.00

$885.60
$513.60
$1,088.64

$2,591.50

Total Hours:

7,20
'14.00

$6,012.00
$4,760.00
$o.oo

$10,772.00

7.40
14.80

Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Karen E. Stilber (KES)
Linda H. Woo (LHW)

$2,487.84

$2s3.50

$243.36

$253.50

$243.36

$13,617.00

$13,072.32

$o.oo

PRISON LAW OFFIGE
1.50

Total Hours:

1.50

$61 5

1.00

Rita Lomio
Margot Mendelson (MKM)
Ashley Kirby (AK)

1.00

$535

5.40
7.90

5.40
7.90

$21 0

PLO CLAIMED FEES:
DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND
DEFENSE FUND
0.30

Linda Kilb (LDK)

Total Hours:
DREDF CLAIMED FEES:

TOTAL CLAIMED FEES FOR
ARMSTRONG FEES WORK:

0.30

0.30
0.30

$B4s

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Armstronq v. Brown

Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2018
October 1 , 2018 through December 31, 2018

Gosts

Matter: Fees Work in All Matters
Costs Now Owing
Rosen. Bien. Galvan & Grunfeld (581-2)

Per Neqotiated
Compromise

Costs

Phbtocopying and Printing (in-house)
Postage & Delivery

$194.60

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$186.82

$46.53

$44'67

Total RBGG Costs:

$241.',13

$23',1'48

$8.40

$8.06

Total DREDF Gosts:

$8.40

$8.06

$249.53

$239.55

Disabilitv Riqhts Education & Defense Fund. lnc.
Photocopying (in-house)

TOTAL CLAIMED FEES WORK GOSTS

: