(PC) Tran v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BINH CUONG TRAN, Case No. 1:19-cv-00148-ADA-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER RE: BILL OF COSTS

v. (ECF No. 112) S. SMITH, et al., Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Binh Cuong Tran is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. BACKGROUND On February 14, 2023, the Court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and entered judgment in favor of Defendants. (ECF Nos. 110, 111.) On February 22, 2023, Defendants submitted a bill of costs. (ECF No. 112.) Plaintiff filed a motion to strike the bill of costs on March 10, 2023. (ECF No. 113.) II. LEGAL STANDARD Rule of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “costs--other than attorney’s fees--should be allowed to the prevailing party.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). Rule 54 creates “a presumption for awarding costs to prevailing…