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

1 1 Gary T. Lowenthal — California Bar No. 46923
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2 1490 Camino Corrales
I Santa Fe, NM 87505
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1 Douglas Gerlach — Arizona Bar No. 06869
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JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
5 1 A Professional Limitedl Liability Company
1 The Collier Center, llt Floor
6 201 E. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385
7 Telephone: (602) 262-5911
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DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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i STEVEN CRAIG JAMES, No. CV 00-1118-PHX-NVW
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1 Petitioner, @\TH PENALTY CASE
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vs. MOTION FOR LAW
is STUDENT FUNDING
DORA B. SCHRIRO, et al.,
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1 Res ondents.
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ig Pursuant to the Court’s June 13, 2000, Ex Parte Order (at para. 7) (approving use
19 of law clerks), 18 U.S.C. §3006(A) and 21 U.S.C. §848(q)(9), Petitioner requests the
20 1 Court to authorize the employment and compensation of two law students to assist in the
21 1 preparation of his Reply brief, which is to be filed by October 23, 2007.
22 On September 22, 2006, the Court authorized Petitioner to employ two law
23 students at the rate of $25 per hour to assist in the preparation of Petitioner’s Merits
24 Memorandum. On April 16, 2007, the Court authorized the expenditure of $7,594 to
25 compensate the two students for their assistance on the Merits Memorandum. Petitioner
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1 now requests permission to employ the same two student research assistants, at the rate of
2 , $25 per hour, to assist in the preparation of his Reply brief. Petitioner contemplates that
3 each student will assist counsel for five weeks, working twenty hours per week. The
4 requested compensation will not exceed $5,000 (200 hours at $25 per hour).
5 The two students will provide cost-effective assistance. They are already familiar
6 with the issues in Petitioner’s case, and they will conduct research and writing that
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8 Respectfully submitted, September 19, 2007.
9 l Gary T. Lowenthal
1490 Camino Corrales
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1 Douglas Gerlach
I2 1 JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
The Collier Center, 11* Floor
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Phoenix, AZ 85004-2385
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I CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 i I hereby certify that on September 19, 2007, I electronically transmitted this Motion for
1 Law Student Funding to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and
3 transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants:

4 Robert John Gorman
5 1 Office of the Attomey General
Criminal Appeals Section
6 400 W. Congress, Suite 315
7 Tucson, AZ 85701-1367
[email protected]
8 Attomey for Respondents
9 and copy mailed to:

10 The Honorable Neil V. Wake
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United States District Court
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