Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESUS FLORES, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-01393 JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ COST BILL ) v. ) (Doc. 49)

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) )

The defendants have filed their cost bill. (Doc. 49) The plaintiff objects and asserts that the Court should not award costs but, if it does, the costs should be reduced in many respects. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS IN PART the bill of costs and SUSTAINS IN PART the plaintiff’s objections thereto. I. Legal Standards Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states, “[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.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). “Rule 54(d) creates a presumption for awarding costs to prevailing parties; the losing party must show why costs should not be awarded.” Save Our Valley v. Sound Transit, 335…