McMurrray v. Forsythe Finance

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH

RICHARD L. MCMURRAY MEMORANDUM DECISION AND Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING COSTS v. FORSYTHE FINANCE, LLC, Case No. 1:20-CV-8 TS Defendant.

Judgment in the above-entitled case was entered on January 11, 2021. Defendants filed its Bill of Costs on January 25, 2021. Defendant seeks $240.81 in legal research fees. Binding Tenth Circuit precedent makes clear that such costs are not taxable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 and will be disallowed. ! DATED this 25th day of January, 2021. BY THE COURT:

d Stewart 7 ed States District Judge

' Sorbo v. United Parcel Serv., 432 F.3d 1169, 1180 (10th Cir. 2005) (holding that “computer assisted legal research” is “not within the scope of § 1920”); Jones v. Unisys Corp., 54 F.3d 624, 633 (10th Cir. 1995) (‘[C]osts for computer legal research are not statutorily authorized.”); see also Roth vy. Spruell, 388 F. App’x 830, 837 (10th Cir. 2010) (stating that “costs for legal research, telephone calls, facsimiles, postage, delivery service, and parking” are not “reimbursable as costs under § 1920’).