Carlos Williams v. County of Sacramento, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sustained Plaintiff Carlos Williams’s objections to Defendant City of Rancho Cordova’s $14,444.79 bill of costs. The court declined to award costs because Defendant failed to submit the memorandum of costs required by Eastern District of California Local Rule 292(b).

Holdings

1. A prevailing party's bill of costs must be accompanied by the memorandum of costs required by Local Rule 292(b), and Defendant's failure to submit that memorandum justified declining to award its claimed costs.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant's bill of costs should be awarded when Defendant failed to submit the memorandum of costs required by Eastern District of California Local Rule 292(b).

Disposition

other