Miranda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAMIEN LEE DAVIS, No. 2:18-cv-02894-WBS-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER R. MIRANDA, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was originally removed from the Lassen County Superior Court on October 31, 2018 by defendant Miranda. ECF No. 1. As a result of the removal, defendant Miranda paid the initial $400 filing fee in this action. Judgment was entered on May 28, 2020 in this matter dismissing plaintiff’s second amended complaint without leave to amend for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. ECF Nos. 18-19. Currently pending before the court is defendant Miranda’s bill of costs in the amount of $400.00. ECF No. 20. I. Standards Governing a Bill of Costs Rule 54(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure creates a rebuttable presumption that costs, other than attorney’s fees, should be…