Case 1:96-cv-01285-JR Document 3338 Filed 06/05/2007 Page 1 of 2 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,  : :  
Plaintiffs,  : :  
v.  : :  Civil Action No. 96-1285 (JR)  
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary ofthe Interior, et al.,  : : :  
Defendants.  : 

ORDER 

On May 14, 2007, I directed plaintiffs' counsel to 
resubmit their claims for fees and expenses [2596 and 2762] 
incurred in connection with the Sapienza affidavit and the Donna 
Erwin deposition in compliance with a number of rulings on those 
claims I had made from the bench that day. On May 21, 2007, 
plaintiffs filed their restated fees and expenses [3327], 
claiming in the aggregate either $462,036.60 or $336,987.40, 
depending on whether plaintiffs are to recover for time 
previously submitted in connection with the litigation of what 
plaintiffs refer to as "two of the five specifications in the 
Contempt II show cause order" [3327 at 2]. A fee award was made 
in the Contempt II matter, but it was reversed by the Court of 
Appeals and remanded for further proceedings, 334 F.3d 1128, 
1151. I decline the invitation to carve off a piece of that 
award, relabel it, and re-award it. 

Case 1:96-cv-01285-JR Document 3338 Filed 06/05/2007 Page 2 of 2 
The government's response to plaintiffs' resubmission 
[3337] contains a cryptic footnote to the effect that it "does 
not resolve defendants' previously raised questions," but those 
questions were the basis of the rulings I made on May 14, 2007. 
In its latest filing, the government specifically objects only to 
plaintiffs' inclusion of $11,376.88 for certain specified time 
entries by Messrs. Brown and Rempel. That objection is 
sustained, and the net principal amount of the award is thus 
$325,610.52. The government reasonably requests that payment of 
this amount not be ordered forthwith, but the sum is liquidated 
as of today's date. Payment will be required within 30 days, 
including interest for 30 days at 4.95% (see 28 U.S.C. 1961, 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/Update/h15upd.txt), 
total $341,728.20. 


It is SO ORDERED.

 JAMES ROBERTSON 
United States District Judge 

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