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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff/Intervenor Christopher Lipsey is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel. In a July 14, 2020 order, this court granted plaintiff Lipsey’s request for an award of attorneys’ fees for the attorney time necessary to bring Mr. Lipsey’s successful motion to compel. (ECF No. 6756.) Mr. Lipsey’s counsel, Kate Falkenstien, filed a statement of attorneys’ fees (ECF No. 6785) and defendants filed objections (ECF No. 6795). For the reasons set forth below, this court finds an award of $11,577.30 in attorneys’ fees reasonable and orders defendants to pay that amount to Mr. Lipsey’s counsel. LEGAL STANDARDS Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5), the attorneys’ fees due are those reasonably incurred to make the motion to compel. Plaintiff “bears the burden of submitting…