Ogbuehi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERRY WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00855-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE

BILL OF COSTS

v. (Doc. 108) CLEMENT OGBUEHI, et al., Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to strike Defendants’ bill of costs. (Doc. 108.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants Plaintiff’s motion. II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Defendants, licensed medical professionals employed at the prison where Plaintiff is incarcerated. (Doc. 12 at 8.) Plaintiff alleged that Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights through deliberate indifference by refusing to treat his Hepatitis C virus, which developed into cirrhosis of the liver. (Id. at 15.) Plaintiff’s case was initially dismissed for failure to state a claim, (Doc. 18), then appealed to the Ninth Circuit (Doc.…