Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 Gary T. Lowenthal — 330003
[email protected]
2 Arizona State University College of Law
P.O. Box 877906
3 Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
Telephone: (480) 965-5379
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Douglas Gerlach - 06869
5 [email protected]
JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
6 A Professional Limited1 Liability Company
The Collier Center, llt Floor
7 201 E. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385
8 Telephone: (602) 262-5911
9 Attomeys for Petitioner
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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STEVEN CRAIG JAMES, No. CV 00-1118-PHX—NVW
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Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE
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vs. APPLICATION TO BILL FOR
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DORA B. SCHRIRO, et al.,
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Res ondents.
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19 Pursuant to this Court’s June 13, 2000, Ex Parte Order (at para. 7) (approving use
20 of law clerks), 18 U.S.C. §3006(A) and 21 U.S.C. §848(q)(9), Petitioner Steven Craig
21 James applies for permission to bill for services provided by law student clerks.
22 This is a habeas corpus matter that involves numerous legal issues. There are 22
23 claims that remain for which the Court has invited briefing. The law clerks, who are
24 full-time students at the Arizona State University College of Law, will be retained to
25 undertake legal research into those issues and to prepare initial drafts of court papers.
26 The briefing schedule in this matter rims into 2007. It is anticipated that the clerks will
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1 work up to 15 hours per week until then. This application requests approval to allow that
2 work to be billed at $25 per hour. We have conducted an informal survey and
3 determined that this request is below the going rate of $30 - $40 per hour that is paid by
4 private law firms in metropolitan Phoenix. In addition, in 1993 in this matter, Judge
5 Strand allowed work to be performed by law clerks at $25 per hour.
6 We believe that delegating research and initial drafting tasks to the clerks will not
7 compromise Petitioner’s representation but will allow that representation to be performed
8 in a more economical way than if all such work were performed by counsel.
9 James is financially unable to pay for the requested services.
l0 September ll , 2006.
ll Gary T. Lowenthal
Arizona State University College of Law
12 P.O. Box 877906
13 Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
Douglas Gerlach
14 JENNINGS, STROUS§ & SALMON, P.L.C.
The Collier Center, llt Floor
15 20l E. Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2385
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I hereby certify that on September , 2006, I electronically transmitted this
I Application to Bill for Services of Law Clerk to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF
2 System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following
CM/ECP registrants:
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4 Robert John Gorman
Office of the Attorney General
5 l Criminal Appeals Section
400 W. Congress, Suite 315
6 Tucson, AZ 85701-1367
7 [email protected]
Attomey for Respondents
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10 The Honorable Neil V. Wake
l Judge, United States District Court
ll 1 United States District Court
1 401 West Washington
*2 Phoemx, AZ 85003
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