Armstrong, et al v. Davis, et al

Filing 3475

Order by Judge Claudia Wilken granting 3474 Stipulation Confirming Undisputed Attorneys Fees and Costs for the Fourth Quarter of 2022.(bns, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/17/2023)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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DONALD SPECTER – 083925
RITA K. LOMIO – 254501
MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583
PRISON LAW OFFICE
1917 Fifth Street
Berkeley, California 94710-1916
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891
GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944
PENNY GODBOLD – 226925
MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850
ROSEN BIEN
GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP
101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor
San Francisco, California 94105-1738
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
LINDA D. KILB – 136101
DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION &
DEFENSE FUND, INC.
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 201
Berkeley, California 94703
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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20 JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al.,

Case No. C94 2307 CW

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23 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,

STIPULATED ORDER
CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED
ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS
FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF
2022

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Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken

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Plaintiffs,
v.

Defendants.

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Case No. C94 2307 CW
STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER 2022

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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 24, 2023, Plaintiffs served on Defendants

5 their Fourth Quarterly Statement for 2022 by electronic transmission. The parties
6 completed their meet-and-confer process on March 11, 2023 as to the fees and costs
7 incurred on all matters.
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As a result of the March 11, 2023 agreement, the parties agree to the following:

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The parties agree to the payment of $2,712,947.10 to resolve all fees and costs

10 incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2022, 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 $174,906.35 to resolve all fees and costs

16 incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2022, for monitoring and/or litigation activities in
17 the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) portion of the case. Attached hereto as Exhibit B are
18 charts setting forth the fees and costs claimed by Plaintiffs and the amounts agreed to by
19 the parties to settle these claims.
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The parties agree to the payment of $168,219.40 to resolve all fees and costs

21 incurred during the Fourth Quarter of 2022, 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 $31,229.55 to resolve all fees and costs incurred

26 during the Fourth Quarter of 2022, 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
28 parties to settle these claims.
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Case No. C94 2307 CW
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STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER 2022

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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 23, 2023, accruing at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C.
4 § 1961.
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6 DATED: March 17, 2023
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Claudia Wilken
United States District Judge

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DATED: March 16, 2023

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

DATED: March 16, 2023

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

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Case No. C94 2307 CW
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STIPULATED ORDER CONFIRMING UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER 2022

EXHIBIT A

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022

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

UNDISPUTED FEES

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$2,649,072.84

$63,874.26

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$2,712,947.10

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Matter: CDCR/AOAP Monitoring/Merits

Monitoring (581-3)

Actual

Claimed

2022

Hours

Hours

Rates

Fees Now Owing
Based On Negotiated
Compromise

Total

ROSEN, BIEN, GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Michael W. Bien (MWB)
Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Penny Godbold (PG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)
Michael L. Freedman (MLF)
Ben Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Kara J. Janssen (KJJ)
Caroline E. Jackson (CEJ)
Michael S. Nunez (MSN)
Cara E. Trapani (CET)
Mark Shinn-Krantz (MSK)
Priyah Kaul (PK)
Eric Monek Anderson (EMA)
Hannah Chartoff (HC)
Adrienne Harrold (AH)
Karen Stilber (KES)
F. Gail LaPurja (FGL)
Greg Gonzalez (GZG)
Nathalie Welch (NW)
Fely F. Villadelgado (FFV)
Adam Dean (ADD)
Sanjana Srinivasan (SS)
Yesi Murillo (YM)
Ellen T. Brancart (ETB)
Sarah A. Corkum (SAC)
Teya Khalil (TK)
Emma Lower (ERL)
Lindsay Newfeld (LHN)
Hannah Potter (HP)
Amit Rao (AR)
Megan Rich (MTR)
Averi Suk (ADS)
Julie de Vaulx (JDV)
Luke Weitzenberg (LRW)
Isabel Ting (IT)
Total Hours:

5.00
36.60
358.60
248.50
207.70
130.30
0.40
114.70
43.10
0.30
0.60
17.70
250.80
62.20
72.60
89.30
5.60
11.30
8.30
104.50
148.30
11.30
14.00
9.60
32.00
31.50
374.50
251.40
23.40
369.50
209.60
364.10
14.50
27.80
5.60

4.80
36.60
358.60
237.40
205.40
128.60
0.00
110.60
35.00
0.00
0.00
17.70
250.50
62.20
67.70
88.20
0.00
7.50
6.60
0.00
145.00
11.30
13.10
9.60
30.40
31.50
358.90
244.10
21.60
294.60
193.40
331.60
14.50
27.80
0.00

3,655.20

3,344.80

$1,400
$1,000
$800
$825
$750
$725
$700
$650
$675
$550
$550
$575
$500
$425
$425
$400
$375
$375
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260
$260

RBGG FEES:

$6,720.00
$36,600.00
$286,880.00
$195,855.00
$154,050.00
$93,235.00
$0.00
$71,890.00
$23,625.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,177.50
$125,250.00
$26,435.00
$28,772.50
$35,280.00
$0.00
$2,812.50
$1,980.00
$0.00
$43,500.00
$3,390.00
$3,930.00
$2,496.00
$7,904.00
$8,190.00
$93,314.00
$63,466.00
$5,616.00
$76,596.00
$50,284.00
$86,216.00
$3,770.00
$7,228.00
$0.00

$6,468.00
$35,227.50
$276,122.00
$188,510.44
$148,273.13
$89,738.69
$0.00
$69,194.13
$22,739.06
$0.00
$0.00
$9,795.84
$120,553.13
$25,443.69
$27,693.53
$33,957.00
$0.00
$2,707.03
$1,905.75
$0.00
$41,868.75
$3,262.88
$3,782.63
$2,402.40
$7,607.60
$7,882.88
$89,814.73
$61,086.03
$5,405.40
$73,723.65
$48,398.35
$82,982.90
$3,628.63
$6,956.95
$0.00

$1,555,462.50

$1,497,132.66

$5,610.00
$215,905.00

$5,399.63
$207,808.56

PRISON LAW OFFICE
Donald Specter (DS)
Rita Lomio (RL)

5.10
297.80

Margot Mendelson (MM)
Tess Borden (TB)
Jacob Hutt (JH)
Patrick Booth (PB)
Sophie J. Hart (SJH)

5.10
297.80

$1,100
$725

49.40

49.40

$700

$34,580.00

$33,283.25

187.90
274.00
136.50
11.90

187.90
274.00
136.50
11.90

$550
$475
$400
$475

$103,345.00
$130,150.00
$54,600.00
$5,652.50

$99,469.56
$125,269.38
$52,552.50
$5,440.53

Amber Norris (AN)

130.30

130.30

$400

$52,120.00

$50,165.50

Claudia Cesena (CS)

160.00

160.00

$400

$64,000.00

$61,600.00

37.10
170.70
109.50
188.10
374.10
43.00
80.80
57.30
75.80
182.80
215.00
119.10
2,906.20

37.10
170.70
109.50
188.10
374.10
43.00
80.80
57.30
75.80
182.80
215.00
119.10
2,906.20

$350
$350
$350
$350
$325
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$12,985.00
$59,745.00
$38,325.00
$65,835.00
$121,582.50
$12,900.00
$24,240.00
$17,190.00
$22,740.00
$54,840.00
$64,500.00
$35,730.00

$12,498.06
$57,504.56
$36,887.81
$63,366.19
$117,023.16
$12,416.25
$23,331.00
$16,545.38
$21,887.25
$52,783.50
$62,081.25
$34,390.13

$1,196,575.00

$1,151,703.44

$246.00

$236.75

$246.00

$236.75

$2,752,283.50

$2,649,072.84

A.D. Lewis (ADL)
Tania Amarillas (TA)
Tovah Anna Ackerman (TAA)
Gabriela Pelsinger (GP)
Skye Lovett (SL)
Alondra Diaz-Saavedra
Audrey Lim (AL)
Dewi Zarni (DZ)
Ilian Meza Pena (IP)
Isabela Avila Breach (IAB)
Joanna Cardenas (JC)
Sophie Mishara (SM)
Total Hours:

PLO FEES:
DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND
DEFENSE FUND
Case Clerk (H. Min)
Total Hours:

DREDF FEES:

TOTAL CDCR/AOAP MONITORING
FEES:

1.20
1.20

1.20
1.20

$205

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Costs

Matter: CDCR/AOAP Merits/Monitoring
Costs Now Owing
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld (581-3)

Based on Negotiated 
Compromise

Costs

Photocopying (In house)
Photocopying/printing (Outside)
Server storage/data hosting
Expert Services
Transcription and Translation
Online Research - PACER, Westlaw, State courts
Postage & Delivery
Telephone
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food
Credit

Total RBGG Costs:

$860.40
$2,253.24
$403.00
$17,575.80
$598.03
$835.06
$638.44
$1.80
$15,971.65
($27.28)

$828.14
$2,168.74
$387.89
$16,916.71
$575.60
$803.75
$614.50
$1.73
$15,372.71
($27.28)

$39,110.14

$37,642.49

$5,393.52
$8,617.61
$11,491.54
$1,664.44

$5,191.26
$8,294.45
$11,060.61
$1,602.02

Prison Law Office
Transcription and translation
SLI Interpreter Services
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food
Postage & Delivery

Total PLO Costs:

$27,167.11

$26,148.34

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc.
Photocopying (in-house)
Postage & Delivery

$74.80
$11.88

$72.00
$11.43

Total DREDF Costs:

$86.68

$83.43

TOTAL CDCR/AOAP MERITS/MONITORING COSTS:

$66,363.93

$63,874.26

EXHIBIT B

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022

BPH SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS
MATTER
BPH

UNDISPUTED FEES

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$173,497.84

$1,408.50

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$174,906.35

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Matter: BPH

BPH (581-4)

Actual

Claimed

2022

Hours

Hours

Rates

Total

Fees Now Owing
Based On Negotiated
Compromise

BPH MONITORING (581-4)
ROSEN, BIEN, GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Michael W. Bien (MWB)
Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)
Penny Godbold (PG)
Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Caroline E. Jackson (CEJ)
Eric Monek Anderson (EMA)
Hannah Chartoff (HC)
F. Gail LaPurja (FGL)
Nathalie Welch (NW)
Adam Dean (AD)
Hannah Potter (HAP)
Amit Rao (AR)
Total Hours:

0.50
2.5
62.60
15.60
0.20
59.40
0.10
28.10
0.10
57.80
1.80
10.00
3.90
242.60

0.50
2.5
60.50
15.60
0.00
55.30
0.00
28.10
0.00
55.90
0.00
8.00
0.00
226.40

$1,400
$1,000
$825
$800
$725
$650
$500
$425
$375
$300
$300
$260
$260

RBGG FEES:

$700.00
$2,500.00
$49,912.50
$12,480.00
$0.00
$35,945.00
$0.00
$11,942.50
$0.00
$16,770.00
$0.00
$2,080.00
$0.00

$673.75
$2,406.25
$48,040.78
$12,012.00
$0.00
$34,597.06
$0.00
$11,494.66
$0.00
$16,141.13
$0.00
$2,002.00
$0.00

$132,330.00

$127,367.63

$880.00
$1,080.00
$4,785.00
$33,040.00
$6,127.50
$160.00
$1,855.00

$847.00
$1,039.50
$4,605.56
$31,801.00
$5,897.72
$154.00
$1,785.44

$47,927.50

$46,130.22

$180,257.50

$173,497.84

PRISON LAW OFFICE
Donald Specter
Sara Norman (SN)
Rita Lomio (RL)
Rana Anabtawi (RA)
Jacob Hutt (JH)
Patrick Booth (PB)
Tania Amarillas (TA)
Total Hours:

PLO FEES:

TOTAL FEES FOR
BPH WORK:

0.8
1.2
6.6
47.2
12.9
0.4
5.3
68.30

0.8
1.2
6.6
47.2
12.9
0.4
5.3
68.30

$1,100
$900
$725
$700
$475
$400
$350

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Costs

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

Costs

Transcription and Translation
Westlaw research
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

Based on Negotiated 
Compromise

$49.88
$1,151.77

$48.01
$1,108.58

Total RBGG Costs:

$1,201.65

$1,156.59

$261.73

$251.92

Total PLO Costs:

$261.73

$251.92

TOTAL BPH COSTS:

$1,463.38

$1,408.50

Prison Law Office
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food

EXHIBIT C

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022

DAPO SUMMARY OF UNDISPUTED FEES AND COSTS
MATTER
DAPO MONITORING

UNDISPUTED FEES

UNDISPUTED COST

$167,099.14

$1,120.26

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$168,219.40

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Matter: DAPO Monitoring

DAPO Monitoring (581-9)

Actual

Claimed

2022

Hours

Hours

Rates

Total

Fees Now Owing
Based On Negotiated
Compromise

ROSEN, BIEN, GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Michael W. Bien (MWB)
Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Ernest Galvan (EG)
Penny Godbold (PG)
Thomas Nolan (TN)
Michael L. Freedman (MLF)
Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Caroline E. Jackson (CEJ)
Priyah Kaul (PK)
Marc Shinn-Krantz (MSK)
Eric Monek Anderson (EMA)
Adrienne Harrold (AH)
Hannah Chartoff (HC)
Nathalie Welch (NCW)
Amit Rao (AR)
Total Hours:

RBGG FEES:

TOTAL FOR DAPO MONITORING
WORK:

1.50
2.70
0.10
8.60
22.00
0.40
20.10
7.80
14.70
0.20
20.00
74.40
26.20
186.80
47.70
433.20

1.50
2.70
0.00
8.60
22.00
0.00
19.90
7.60
14.70
0.00
20.00
71.30
26.20
185.00
34.70
414.20

$1,400
$1,000
$950
$800
$825
$750
$725
$650
$575
$550
$500
$425
$425
$300
$260

$2,100.00
$2,700.00
$0.00
$6,880.00
$18,150.00
$0.00
$14,427.50
$4,940.00
$8,452.50
$0.00
$10,000.00
$30,302.50
$11,135.00
$55,500.00
$9,022.00

$2,021.25
$2,598.75
$0.00
$6,622.00
$17,469.38
$0.00
$13,886.47
$4,754.75
$8,135.53
$0.00
$9,625.00
$29,166.16
$10,717.44
$53,418.75
$8,683.68

$173,609.50

$167,099.14

$173,609.50

$167,099.14

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Costs

Matter: DAPO Monitoring
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld (581-9)

Costs

Photocopying (in-house)
Postage & Delivery
Long distance and videophone charges
Travel - Mileage, Tolls, Food
Refunds

Costs Now Owing
Based on Negotiated 
Compromise

$92.20
$156.81
$1.55
$1,025.48
($107.93)

$88.74
$150.93
$1.49
$987.02
($107.93)

Total RBGG Costs:

$1,168.11

$1,120.26

TOTAL DAPO MONITORING COSTS:

$1,168.11

$1,120.26

EXHIBIT D

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022

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

UNDISPUTED COSTS

$31,172.97

$56.59

TOTAL UNDISPUTED:

$31,229.55

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Matter: All Matters Fees Work

Fees (581-2)

Actual

Claimed

2022

Hours

Hours

Rates

Total

Fees Now Owing
Based On Negotiated
Compromise

ROSEN, BIEN, GALVAN & GRUNFELD
Gay C. Grunfeld (GCG)
Benjamin Bien-Kahn (BBK)
Karen E. Stilber (KES)
Total Hours:

20.10
0.10
13.60
33.80

20.00
0.00
13.60
33.60

$1,000
$950
$400

RBGG FEES:

$20,000.00
$0.00
$5,440.00

$19,250.00
$0.00
$5,236.00

$25,440.00

$24,486.00

$870.00
$2,660.00
$2,000.00

$837.38
$2,560.25
$1,925.00

$5,530.00

$5,322.63

$1,417.50

$1,364.34

$1,417.50

$1,364.34

$32,387.50

$31,172.97

PRISON LAW OFFICE
Rita Lomio (RL)
Margot Mendelson (MKM)
Ashley Kirby (AK)
Total Hours:

1.20
3.80
8.00
13.00

1.20
3.80
8.00
13.00

$725
$700
$250

PLO FEES:
DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND
DEFENSE FUND
Linda Kilb (LDK)
Total Hours:

DREDF FEES:

TOTAL FEES FOR ARMSTRONG
FEES WORK:

1.50
1.50

1.50
1.50

$945

Armstrong v. Newsom
Fourth Quarterly Statement of 2022
October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Costs

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

Based on Negotiated 
Compromise

Costs

Pacer
Postage & Delivery

$0.80
$57.99

$0.77
$55.82

Total RBGG Costs:

$58.79

$56.59

TOTAL FEES WORK COSTS :

$58.79

$56.59