Esquevel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ALICIA ESQUEVEL, an individual, No. 2:19-cv-01017-MCE-EFB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Defendant”) has submitted a Bill of Costs in the above-referenced matter, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920, following a grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant on September 4, 2020. Defendant now seeks to recover costs in the amount of $8,122.78, and Plaintiff Alicia Esquevel (“Plaintiff”) objects to that request. ECF Nos. 29, 30. The costs sought by Defendant relate to filing fees ($1,070), fees for service of summons and complaint ($3,911.40), and fees for printed or electronically recorded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case ($3,141.38). Bill of Costs, ECF No. 29, at 1. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant’s Bill of Costs is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.1 26 1 The Court…