Case 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 1 of 6 1 THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 ABDIQAFAR WAGAFE, et al., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, 11 12 13 v. No. 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ DECLARATION OF STACY TOLCHIN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 I, Stacy Tolchin, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. My business address is Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, 634 S. Spring St. Suite 18 500A, Los Angeles, California. I make this declaration in support of Plaintiffs’ motion for 19 sanctions. 20 2. 21 22 I received my Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2001, and have been practicing law for over 16 years. 3. I am a recipient of the 2018 UCLA School of Law Alumni Public Service Award, 23 the 2017 National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles Chapter Annual Award, the 2009 American 24 Immigration Lawyers Association’s Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in Immigration 25 Litigation, the 2009 American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Equal Justice 26 Advocacy Award, the 2008 National Immigration Law Center Annual Award, and the 2007 DECL. OF STACY TOLCHIN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (No. 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ) –1 Case 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 2 of 6 1 “Unsung Hero” Award for the National Lawyers Guild of the Bay Area. I was recognized in 2 2003 by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco, and have also 3 been named to “Super Lawyers” from 2012-2018. 4 4. My office engages in contemporaneous time entries for all of our cases. 5 5. I reviewed the time records attributed to the Wagafe litigation in our “Clicktime” 6 software and certify that it accurately reflects the time spent in this litigation. 7 6. The records reflect the allocation of time as follows: 8 9 10 Date Document 9/10/17 September/October Motion to Compel Review 9/11/17 and 9/27/17 letters to Defendants .4 9/20/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting motion to compel: call 1 9/25/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting motion to compel: call 1 9/25/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting .6 9/28/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting .3 10/4/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting .5 10/11/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting .6 10/12/17 September/October Motion to Compel Drafting .3 10/18/17 September/October Motion to Compel Call with counsel re: motion to compel .7 11/1/17 November Defendants’ motion to reconsider Drafting opposition brief 1 11/8/17 November Defendants’ motion to reconsider Drafting opposition brief .4 11/10/17 November Defendants’ motion to reconsider Drafting opposition brief .3 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DECL. OF STACY TOLCHIN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (No. 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ) –2 Description Hours Case 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 3 of 6 1 11/29/17 Executive Order Discovery LCR 37 submission .8 1/10/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Call with counsel re dispute .7 1/24/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Call with counsel re dispute .7 1/27/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Review of discovery letter .2 7 2/1/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Status report .1 8 2/2/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Status report .5 9 2/5/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Court prep .3 10 2/7/18 Court Conferences & Follow Up Court prep .6 Total Hours 11 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 13 7. The hourly rate of the work performed is $676.85 for 2018 and $646.64 for 2017, 14 based on my 2001 year of graduation, and the market rates for Seattle, Washington. See 15 Declaration of Carol Sobel. The total value of the work is $7,206.69. 16 17 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed in Los 18 Angeles, California on March 27, 2018. 19 20 By: Stacy Tolchin Declarant 21 22 Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin 634 S. Spring St. Suite 500A Los Angeles, CA 90014 Telephone: (213) 622-7450 Facsimile: (213) 622-7233 Stacy@tolchinimmigration.com 23 24 25 26 DECL. OF STACY TOLCHIN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (No. 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ) –3 Case 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that on the dated indicated below, I caused service of the foregoing DECLARATION OF STACY TOLCHIN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS via the CM/ECF system that will automatically send notice of such filing to all counsel of record herein. DATED this 29th day of March, 2018, at Seattle, Washington. 7 8 By: s/ Laura K. Hennessey Laura K. Hennessey, #47447 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.8000 Facsimile: 206.359.9000 Email: LHennessey@perkinscoie.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (No. 17-cv-00094 RAJ) – 1 139100138.2 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.35.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 5 of 6 EXHIBIT A Law offices of Stacy Tolchin Case 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ Document 144 Filed 03/29/18 Page 6 of 6 Date Range: 9/10/2017 2/7/2018 Person Job Stacy Tolchin Date Comment Hours 9/10/2017 review of discovery letter 0.40 9/20/2017 conference call re discovery 1.00 9/25/2017 call re motion to compel 1.00 9/27/2017 review of motion to compel 0.60 9/28/2017 motion to compel 0.30 10/4/2017 call with co counsel 0.50 10/11/2017 review of motion to compel 0.60 10/12/2017 review of reply to motion to compel 0.30 10/18/2017 call with counsel 0.70 11/1/2017 call with counsel 1.00 11/8/2017 call re discovery 0.40 11/10/2017 review of opp to mot to reconsider 0.30 11/29/2017 call with team re discovery 0.80 1/10/2018 call re discovery 0.70 1/24/2018 call re discovery 0.70 1/27/2018 review of discovery letter 0.20 2/1/2018 review of order 0.10 2/2/2018 review of brief 0.50 2/5/2018 review of motion to compel 0.30 2/7/2018 call re discovery hearing 0.60 Grand Total Prepared by ClickTime on 3/27/2018 1:57:36 PM www.clicktime.com 11.00 Page 1 of 1