Kifle
Kifle v. Youtube LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ELIAS KIFLE, Case No. 21-cv-01752-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v.
ATTORNEYS’ FEES
YOUTUBE LLC, et al., Defendants.
Defendant YouTube, Inc. moves for attorneys’ fees for half of its costs defending against pro se Plaintiff Elias Kifle’s TRO motions. Mot. for Attorneys’ Fees (dkt. 90); see TRO Mot. (dkt. 11); Amend. TRO Mot. (dkt. 31). In a copyright action, a court has discretion to “award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party as part of the costs.” 17 U.S.C. § 505; see Historical Research v. Cabral, 80 F.3d 377, 378-79 (9th Cir. 1996) (courts may award fees if appropriate “to promote the Copyright Act’s objectives”). The Court considers: “(1) the degree of success obtained; (2) frivolousness; (3) motivation; (4) the objective unreasonableness of the losing party’s factual and legal arguments; and (5) the need, in particular circumstances, to advance considerations of compensation and…