Hittle

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD HITTLE, No. 2:12-cv-00766-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF STOCKTON, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendants City of Stockton, Robert Deis, and Laurie Montes’s (collectively, “Defendants”) Bill of Costs. (ECF No. 157.) Defendants seek costs in the total amount of $34,280.95. (Id.) Plaintiff Ronald Hittle (“Plaintiff”) filed objections to the Bill of Costs. (ECF No. 158.) Defendants filed a reply. (ECF No. 159.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court OVERRULES Plaintiff’s objections and GRANTS Defendants’ Bill of Costs in full. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 54(d)(1), the prevailing party in a lawsuit may recover its costs, other than attorney’s fees, “[u]nless a federal statute, [the civil rules], or a court order provides otherwise.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). “By its terms, the rule creates a presumption in favor of awarding costs to a prevailing…