Borges
Borges v. County of Mendocino
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANN MARIE BORGES, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04537-SI
Plaintiffs, ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFFS’
OBJECTION TO BILL OF COSTS AND
v. DIRECTING CLERK TO TAX BILL OF
COSTS
COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, Re: Dkt. No. 132 Defendant.
12 Plaintiffs Ann Marie Borges and Chris Gurr have filed an objection to the County’s bill of costs. They do not dispute that the County is the prevailing party, but they request that the Court exercise its discretion and refuse to award costs based on the factors articulated by the Ninth Circuit 15 in Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc., 743 F.3d 1236, 1247–48 (9th Cir. 2014) (“Appropriate 16 reasons for denying costs include: (1) the substantial public importance of the case, (2) the closeness 17 and difficulty of the issues in the case, (3) the chilling effect on future similar actions, (4) the 18 plaintiff’s limited financial resources, and (5) the economic disparity between the parties.”). 19 Rule 54(d)(1) of the Federal Rule of Civil…