Armstrong, et al v. Davis, et al

Filing 3472

Order by Judge Claudia Wilken granting 3471 Motion for Disbursement of Funds.(bns, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/13/2023)Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF)

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1 4 Edward W. Swanson, SBN 159859 SWANSON & McNAMARA LLP 300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: (415) 477 3800 Facsimile: (415) 477-9010 Email: ed@smllp.law 5 Court Expert 2 3 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 13 14 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs, 17 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION AND ORDER FOR PAYMENT v. 15 16 Case No. C 94-2307 CW GAVIN C. NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 18 19 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 20 21 Pursuant to the Court’s order of June 11, 2007 (Docket No. 1121), court expert Edward 22 Swanson hereby moves the Court for an order for payment of the attached invoice dated 23 March 10th, 2023. 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: March 10th, 2023 Respectfully submitted, /s/ . EDWARD W. SWANSON Court Expert ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pursuant to the Court’s order of June 11, 2007, the Court HEREBY ORDERS payment from the court registry to court expert Edward Swanson per the court expert’s invoice dated March 10th, 2023. Dated: March 13, 2023 . HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Court 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Admin. Motion and Order for Payment John Armstrong, et al., v. Gavin C. Newsom, et al., C 94-2307 CW Swanson & McNamara LLP 300 Montgomery Street Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 415-477-3800 EIN: 94-3309866 Invoice submitted to: Armstrong March 10, 2023 Invoice # 31885 Professional Services Hrs/Rate 2/1/2023 AAB Phone call with plaintiffs. Amount 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 2/6/2023 APG Review CA9 order 0.40 700.00/hr 280.00 2/7/2023 AAB Conference with SATF staff. 0.60 550.00/hr 330.00 Plata CMC. 2.10 550.00/hr 1,155.00 EWS Review notes from Plata hearing. Confer with A. Barron. Review and respond to email from CCHCS. Review email from parties. 0.40 825.00/hr 330.00 AAB Emails to court regarding CMC. 0.10 550.00/hr 55.00 AAB Phone call with E. Swanson. 0.40 550.00/hr 220.00 EWS Draft emails to court, party. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann re quarterly report issues. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 2/3/2023 EWS Review emails from counsel re SATF report. EWS Review court order; email to colleagues. AAB Armstrong Page Hrs/Rate 2/7/2023 EWS Meeting with A. Barron re SATF. Review CMC statement. 2 Amount 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 0.60 825.00/hr 495.00 Review of Plaintiffs' response to SATF report. 1.20 550.00/hr 660.00 Phone call with E. Swanson. 1.00 550.00/hr 550.00 APG Review SATF response 0.40 700.00/hr 280.00 AAB 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 EWS Conference with A. Barron. Email with court. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 EWS Phone call with A. Barron re SATF filings. 1.00 825.00/hr 825.00 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 0.10 700.00/hr 70.00 APG Review correspondence re CST 0.20 700.00/hr 140.00 EWS Review Ninth Circuit decisions on RJD and 5 prisons. Confer with A. Gugelmann. 0.60 825.00/hr 495.00 EWS Conference with colleague, Receiver. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 2/12/2023 EWS Review filings re SATF. Email to A. Barron. 1.30 825.00/hr 1,072.50 2/13/2023 AAB Review of Plaintiffs' proposed order. 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 Meeting with E. Swanson regarding SATF proposed order. 0.60 550.00/hr 330.00 2.10 700.00/hr 1,470.00 EWS Meeting with CCHCS re SATF. 2/8/2023 AAB AAB 2/9/2023 AAB Conference with E. Swanson. Email with court. Conference with E. Swanson re SATF. EWS Conference with A. Barron re SATF. 2/10/2023 APG Conference with E Swanson re CA9 decision AAB APG Review report on investigations; review related footage Armstrong Page Hrs/Rate 2/13/2023 EWS Review letter briefs re EC in advance of meeting with parties. 3 Amount 0.70 825.00/hr 577.50 EWS Review filings in related case. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 AAB 0.40 550.00/hr 220.00 EWS Review letters from plaintiffs. Respond to email from plaintiffs. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 EWS Conference with CCHCS re hearing expert. 0.40 825.00/hr 330.00 EWS Conference with A. Barron re SATF filings. 0.60 825.00/hr 495.00 0.30 550.00/hr 165.00 EWS Conference with parties re EC issues. 1.10 825.00/hr 907.50 EWS Review reports, emails from parties. 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 AAB Review of protective order and email to E. Swanson re same. 0.50 550.00/hr 275.00 AAB Meeting regarding effective communication issues. 1.10 550.00/hr 605.00 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 0.50 700.00/hr 350.00 APG Further conference with E Swanson 0.20 700.00/hr 140.00 EWS Conference with parties re quarterly interviews. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann re investigation reports. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 APG Conference with E Swanson re investigations 0.50 700.00/hr 350.00 EWS Review correspondence from parties. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 2/14/2023 AAB Meeting with CCHCS regarding Deaf issues. Review of effective communication issues. EWS Review plaintiffs' order in advance of call with Receiver. Call with Receiver. 2/15/2023 APG Meeting with parties re quarterly interviews Armstrong Page Hrs/Rate 2/15/2023 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann re plaintiffs' letter on investigations. 4 Amount 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 Meeting with special master. 0.60 550.00/hr 330.00 AAB Review of Defendant's reply to SATF report. 0.70 550.00/hr 385.00 AAB Attending Blind/LV work group. 1.80 550.00/hr 990.00 APG Conference with E Swanson re quarterly data productions 0.50 700.00/hr 350.00 APG Review letter and associated documents/footage 1.50 700.00/hr 1,050.00 APG Meeting with plaintiffs' counsel 1.00 700.00/hr 700.00 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann re investigative reports. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 EWS Review investigations information from plaintiffs. 0.40 825.00/hr 330.00 EWS Review plaintiffs' response to SATF report. Confer with A. Barron. 1.00 825.00/hr 825.00 EWS Conference with Special Master's team. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 EWS Conference with plaintiffs re investigative reports. 1.00 825.00/hr 825.00 1.50 550.00/hr 825.00 EWS Review new staffing information from CCHCS. Prepare for meeting with Court. 1.00 825.00/hr 825.00 AAB 0.10 550.00/hr 55.00 1.50 825.00/hr 1,237.50 0.90 825.00/hr 742.50 EWS Phone call with plaintiffs. 2/16/2023 AAB 2/17/2023 AAB Phone call with court; debrief with E. Swanson. Phone call with E. Swanson. EWS Conference with court. Conference with A. Barron. 2/20/2023 EWS Review correspondence from parties re blind/low-vision, white cane, individual advocacy, other matters. Confer with A. Barron. Armstrong Page Hrs/Rate 2/20/2023 EWS Review SATF pleadings. Draft memo. Conference with A. Barron. 5 Amount 1.80 825.00/hr 1,485.00 AAB Revising memo. 1.00 550.00/hr 550.00 2/21/2023 AAB Revising memo. 0.40 550.00/hr 220.00 Meeting with CCHCS regarding SATF. 0.60 550.00/hr 330.00 EWS Conference with Receiver, SATF staff. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 AAB 0.10 550.00/hr 55.00 APG Conference with E Swanson re investigations 0.30 700.00/hr 210.00 EWS Review and respond to messages from A. Barron re SATF. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann, A. Barron. 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 EWS Conference with A. Gugelmann re investigative reports. 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 0.40 825.00/hr 330.00 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 Review of court order. 0.30 550.00/hr 165.00 AAB Meeting with E. Swanson regarding SATF order. 0.50 550.00/hr 275.00 AAB Phone call with Court. 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 EWS Review material from parties. Review material from court. Call with CDCR. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 EWS Conference with A. Barron re order. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 EWS Conference with court. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 AAB Phone call with E. Swanson. 2/22/2023 EWS Review correspondence from parties re RVRs, parole. Respond to email from parties. EWS Conference with colleague re report. 2/23/2023 AAB Armstrong Page Hrs/Rate 2/23/2023 EWS Review information re RVRs at CHCS. 6 Amount 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 EWS Review information from plaintiffs re CART, deaf/hard of hearing workgroup. 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 EWS Phone call with defense counsel. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 0.30 550.00/hr 165.00 APG Conference with E Swanson in advance of CDCR call 0.50 700.00/hr 350.00 APG Phone call with CDCR counsel 0.90 700.00/hr 630.00 EWS Review investigation report. Confer with A. Gugelmann. 1.30 825.00/hr 1,072.50 APG Phone call with CDCR; further conference with E Swanson 1.00 700.00/hr 700.00 EWS Conference with CDCR re investigation and discipline. Confer with A. Gugelmann. 1.00 825.00/hr 825.00 2/26/2023 EWS Review correspondence from counsel re visits, parole issues. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 2/27/2023 EWS Review emails from parties re meeting agenda, responses. Confer with A. Barron re inquiry from party. 0.50 825.00/hr 412.50 Review of court order. 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 Phone call with E. Swanson. 0.30 550.00/hr 165.00 EWS Conference with A. Barron re SATF. 0.20 825.00/hr 165.00 EWS Review emails from counsel, CCHCS re upcoming meetings, orders in related cases. 0.40 825.00/hr 330.00 AAB 0.20 550.00/hr 110.00 0.30 825.00/hr 247.50 2/24/2023 AAB AAB 2/28/2023 AAB Review of Plaintiffs' letter regarding RVRs. Phone call with E. Swanson. EWS Phone call with A. Barron re meeting with parties re SATF. For professional services rendered 56.40 $40,345.00 Armstrong Page 7 Additional Charges : Amount 2/17/2023 Conference Call 8.22 Total additional charges $8.22 Total amount of this bill $40,353.22 Previous balance $24,772.50 Accounts receivable transactions 2/21/2023 Payment - thank you ($24,772.50) Total payments and adjustments ($24,772.50) Balance due $40,353.22 Timekeeper Summary Name Audrey Barron - Associate August P. Gugelmann - Partner Edward W. Swanson - Partner Hours 17.90 10.10 28.40 Rate 550.00 700.00 825.00 Amount $9,845.00 $7,070.00 $23,430.00

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