Bryant
Vincent Bryant, et al. v. City of Berkeley, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
VINCENT BRYANT, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08169-AGT
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ BILL OF
v. COSTS
CITY OF BERKELEY, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 113, 114 Defendants.
The Court granted summary judgment for the defendants City of Berkeley, and Of- ficers Madison Albrandt, Samantha Speelman and Kevin Kleppe (collectively, Defendants) on plaintiff Vincent Bryant’s federal claims and declined jurisdiction over Bryant’s state law claims. Dkt. 111. Judgment for Defendants followed. Dkt. 112. As the prevailing party, De- fendants timely filed a bill of costs, dkt. 113,1 to which Bryant timely objected. Dkt. 114. Having reviewed the parties’ briefing, the Court now exercises its discretion and declines to award costs. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(1), “[u]nless a federal statute, these rules, or a court order provides otherwise, costs — other than attorney’s fees — should be allowed to the prevailing party.” Rule 54(d) therefore creates a “presumption for awarding costs to the prevailing party.” Draper v. Rosario, 836 F.3d 1072, 1087 (9th Cir. 2016)
1 Defendants originally…