Amaral
Amaral v. City of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCO AMARAL, an individual, Case No.: 3:17-cv-2409-L-LL
Plaintiff,
v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO RETAX COSTS (DOC.
14 CITY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., NO. 63) Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to retax costs. Defendants opposed, and Plaintiff replied. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted without oral argument. See Civ. L. R. 7.1. For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS the motion. On March 31, 2021, the Court granted Defendants’ summary judgment motion on the federal claims and dismissed without prejudice the state law claims. (Doc. No. 51). Defendants submitted a bill of costs. (Doc. No. 53). The Clerk issued an order taxing $4,967.65. (Doc. No. 62). Plaintiff filed a motion to retax costs. (Doc. No. 63). There is a strong presumption that prevailing parties will recover costs. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 54; Save Our Valley v.…