Free Bill of Costs - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

BILL OF COSTS
United States District Court DISTRICT AfiZ0¤¤
Martha Slaughter—Payne CASE NO: C1V—03—2300—PHX—ROS
v.
R. James Nicholson, Secreta , De artment of Veterans Affairs
Judgment having been entered in the above entitled action on March 21, 2007 (Doc. No. 120) against Plaintiff Martha Slaughter-
Payne, the clerk is requested to tax the following as costs:
BILL OF COSTS
Fees of the clerk ........................................... S
Fees for service of summons and subpoena .......................
Fees of the court reporter for all or any part of the transcript neces-
sarily obtained for us in the case ............................... $503.25
Fees and disbursements for printing ...............,............
Fees for witnesses (itemized on reverse side) .....................
Fees for exemplification and copies of papers necessarily obtained
for use in case ............................................. $47.02
Docket fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1923 ............................
Costs as shown on Mandate of Court of Appeals .............,....
A Compensation of court—appointed experts ........................
Compensation of interpreters and costs of special interpretation services
under 28 U.S.C. § 1828 .....................................
Other costs (Please itemize) ...................................
TOTAL $ 550.27
SPECIAL NOTE: Attach to your bill an itemization and documentation for requested costs in all categories.
DECLARATION
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing costs are correct and were necessarily incurred in this action and that the
services for which fees have been charged were actually and necessarily performed. A copy hereof was submitted for filing and
transmission through the Court’s CM/ECF system to the registered users listed below and a copy was mailed this day with
postage prepaid thereon to Rosval Ardis Patterson, Patterson & Associates PC, 777 E Thomas Rd Ste 210, Phoenix, AZ
85014—·4532, Counsel for Plaintiff
SIGNATURE or ATTORNEY Bridget S. Bade, AUSA
FOR: R. James Nicholson, Secrctag, Department of Veterans Affairs DATE March 30, 2007
Name of claimin a
Costs are hereby taxed in the following amount and included in the judgment: AMOUNT TAXED
$
CLERK OF THE COURT (BY) DEPUTY CLERK DATE
Richard H. Weare
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WITNESS FEES (computation, cf 28 U.S.C. § 1821 for statutory fees)
ATTENDANCE SUBSISTENCE MILEAGE Total Cost
NAME AND RESIDENCE Da s Total Cost Da s Total Cost Miles Total Cost Each Witness
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NOTICE
Section 1024, Title 28, U.S. Code (effective September 1, 1948) provides:
"Sec. 1924. Verification of bill of costs."
"Before any bill of costs is taxed, the party claiming any item of cost or disbursement shall attach thereto an affidavit, made by
himself or by his duly authorized attorney or agent having knowledge of the facts, that such item is correct and has been
necessarily incurred in the case and that the services for which fees have been charged were actually and necessarily performed."
See also Section 1920 of Title 28 which reads in part as follows:
"A bill of costs shall be filled in the case and, upon allowance, included in the judgment or decree."
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contain the following provisions:
Rule 54(d)
"Except when express provision therefor is made either in a statute ofthe United States or in these rules, costs shall be
allowed as of course to the prevailing party unless the court otherwise directs, but costs against the United States, its officers,
and agencies shall be imposed only to the extent pemiitted bl); law. Costs may be taxed by the clerk on one day’s notice. On
motion served within 5 ays thereafter, the action of the cler may be reviewed by the court"
Rule 6(e)
"Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some procedures within a prescribed period after the
service of a notice or other paper upon him an the notice or paper is served upon him by mail, 3 days shall be added to the
prescribed period."
Rule 58 (ln Part)
"Entry of the judgment shall not be delayed for the taxing of costs."
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