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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CAREY F. DALY,

Plaintiff(s),

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PEARL SPIRITS, INC., et al.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C08-4398 PJH (BZ)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

REVIEW TAXATION OF COSTS

Judge Hamilton referred Plaintiff Daly’s (“plaintiff”)

Motion to Review Taxation of Costs to me. 

Plaintiff has not shown that he lodged objections to

defendants’ bill of costs within 14 days or attempted to meet

and confer as required by Local Rule 54-2. A review of the

Clerk’s Taxation of Costs does not reveal any unreasonable

costs, with the exception of three $25 rush charges. 

Plaintiff has not sought relief from his failure to

object. Had it been sought and granted, I would have

recommended that the $75 in rush charges be deducted from the

$6,708.08 in taxed costs, for a new total of $6,633.08. 

Defendants argue that the rush charge on September 28, 2009

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“occurred due to Defendants’ effort to obtain [] additional

evidence before the deadline for filing the ultimately

successful motion for summary judgment.” Doc. No. 74 at 2,

Opposition. This is unpersuasive given that the charge was

incurred over two weeks in advance of filing the motion for

summary judgment. Defendants did not respond to plaintiff’s

contention that the two other rush charges, both incurred on

September 28, 2008, were unreasonable, failing to justify

them. 

For the foregoing reasons, I recommend that plaintiff’s

Motion be DENIED.

Dated: March 23, 2010

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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