Brye

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Shawn Brye, No. 2:23-cv-00343-KJM-CSK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 Vv. 14 City of Stockton, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Defendants seek an award of costs following the court’s order granting summary 18 | judgment in their favor. See Order (Nov. 5, 2025), ECF No. 64; Judgment, ECF No. 65; Bill of 19 | Costs, ECF No. 66. In total, they request $6,973.55. ECF No. 66. Plaintiff Shawn Brye objects 20 | to the bill of costs based on his limited financial resources, the disparity in the parties’ financial 21 | wherewithal, and because the taxation of costs in a civil rights action such as this one could 22 | unfairly dissuade other potential plaintiffs from pursuing meritorious claims. See generally 23 | Objections, ECF No. 67. 24 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54 authorizes courts to award costs to the “prevailing 25 | party.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). “By its terms, the rule creates a presumption in favor of 26 | …