Graves v. Holder

Filing 81

ORDER signed by Judge William B. Shubb on 11/3/2011 ALLOWING 79 Bill of Costs Submitted in the amount of $33.25. (Michel, G)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---11 12 PETER GRAVES, NO. CIV. 2:10-02970 WBS EFB 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER RE: COSTS 15 ERIC HOLDER, 16 Defendant. 17 / 18 ----oo0oo---- 19 After judgement was entered in favor of defendant Eric 20 Holder (Docket No. 78), defendant submitted a cost bill totaling 21 $33.25 (Docket No. 79). 22 with seven days from the date of service to object, and plaintiff 23 did not object. 24 Local Rule 292(c) provided plaintiff Rule 54(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 25 and Local Rule 292 govern the taxation of costs to losing 26 parties, which are generally subject to limits set under 28 27 U.S.C. § 1920. 28 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) (“Unless a federal statute, these rules, See 28 U.S.C. § 1920 (enumerating taxable costs); 1 1 or a court order provides otherwise, costs--other than attorney’s 2 fees--should be allowed to the prevailing party.”); E.D. Cal. 3 Local R. 292(f); Crawford Fitting Co. v. J.T. Gibbons, Inc., 482 4 U.S. 437, 441 (1987) (limiting taxable costs to those enumerated 5 in § 1920). 6 Defendant has requested $33.25 in costs based on 133 7 pages of copies at $0.25 per page that were printed to provide 8 courtesy copies of its pleadings to the court. 9 the bill, and in light of the fact that plaintiff has not After reviewing 10 objected, the court finds the requested costs to be reasonable. 11 Accordingly, costs of $33.25 will be allowed. 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: November 3, 2011 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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