Plata et al v. Schwarzenegger et al

Filing 3818

Order by Judge Jon S. Tigar granting 3816 STIPULATION FOR COLLECTION OF UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.(bns, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/16/2022)

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1 2 3 4 5 PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER (83925) STEVEN FAMA (99641) ALISON HARDY (135966) 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710 Telephone: (510) 280-2621 Fax: (510) 280-2704 ahardy@prisonlaw.com 6 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 13 14 15 MARCIANO PLATA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., No. C-01-1351 JST STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR COLLECTION OF UNDISPUTED ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 16 17 Defendants 18 19 On December 17, 2002, the Court established a procedure by which plaintiffs are 20 to collect attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with the Stipulation for 21 Injunctive Relief. This procedure requires plaintiffs' counsel to submit to defendants a 22 quarterly statement of fees incurred in monitoring work, and permits defendants thirty 23 (30) days from the receipt of plaintiffs' statement to notify plaintiffs of any disputed 24 items. After the parties meet and confer on any of defendant's objections, counsel shall 25 then prepare a stipulated order for payment of the fees not subject to defendants’ 26 objections. The Order also states that defendants shall have thirty (30) days from the 27 entry of the order to pay the undisputed fees and that interest on any undisputed fees will 28 Stipulation and Order Re: Collection of First Quarter Fees Plata v. Newsom, No. C-01-1351 J.S.T. 1 run from the thirty-first day after the Order is filed, accruing at the rate provided by 28 2 U.S.C. § 1961. 3 Pursuant to this procedure, plaintiffs' counsel served their second quarter billing 4 statement for the period of January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022 on May 19, 2022. 5 The parties agreed to payment of $244,043 in undisputed fees and costs billed by 6 plaintiffs’ counsel. This stipulation fully settles all costs and fees for the first quarter 7 2022 billing. WHEREFORE, defendants agree to pay plaintiffs’ counsel $244,043 within 30 8 9 days of the signing of this Order. On the 31st day following the entry of this Order, 10 interest on any unpaid amount will begin to accrue at the rate provided by 28 U.S.C. § 11 1961 (i.e., the weekly average 1 year constant maturity Treasury yield for the calendar 12 week preceding the date of the Order.) 13 AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES: 14 Date: June 15, 2022 Alison Hardy Alison Hardy Attorney for Plaintiffs 15 16 17 18 Date: June 15, 2022__________ /s/ Iram Hasan Iram Hasan Deputy Attorney General Attorney for Defendants 19 20 21 I, Alison Hardy, attest that Iram Hasan signed this document on June 15, 2022. 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 Date: June 16 , 2022 United States District Court Judge 26 27 28 2 Stipulation and Order Re: Collection of First Quarter Fees Plata v. Newsom, No. C-01-1351 J.S.T.

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