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Parties Involved:
Bold Film Productions, LLC
Appellee
Bold Films LP
Appellee
Richard Dutcher
Appellant
NBC Universal Media, LLC
Appellee
Open Road Films, LLC
Appellee
Universal Studios Home Entertainment LLC
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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RICHARD DUTCHER, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v.

BOLD FILMS LP; BOLD FILM 

PRODUCTIONS, LLC; OPEN ROAD 

FILMS, LLC; NBC UNIVERSAL 

MEDIA, LLC; UNIVERSAL STUDIOS 

HOME ENTERTAINMENT LLC, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 19-4165

(D.C. No. 2:15-CV-00110-DB)

(D. Utah)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, PHILLIPS, and EID, Circuit Judges. 

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether Plaintiff-Appellant Richard Dutcher 

waived judicial review in this court by failing to request the district court review the 

clerk’s taxation of costs. This court directed the parties the address this issue and the 

parties have filed separate responses to the court’s order. Upon consideration of the 

record, the parties’ responses, and the applicable law, we conclude that Mr. Dutcher has 

waived appellate review of the taxation of costs and we dismiss his appeal for the reasons 

stated below. 

On October 29, 2019, the Chief Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court 

for the District of Utah entered a taxation of costs in favor of Defendants. Mr. Dutcher 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 31, 2020

Christopher M. Wolpert

Clerk of Court

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did not file a motion seeking review of the clerk’s action pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 54(d)(1) within 7 days of the October 29, 2019 taxation of costs. See Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) (“The clerk may tax costs on 14 days’ notice. On motion served

within the next 7 days, the [district] court may review the clerk’s action.”); see also 

Bloomer v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 337 F.3d 1220, 1220-21 (10th Cir. 2003) (per 

curiam) (interpreting Rule 54(d)(1) to mean that a party must seek review of the award of 

costs in the district court to challenge it on appeal). Instead, Mr. Dutcher sought review of 

the taxation of costs in this court.

“We dismiss because by failing to request the district court to review the clerk’s 

award, Plaintiff has waived the right to judicial review.” See Bloomer, 337 F.3d at 1220-

21.

A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of the court.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

CHRISTOPHER M. WOLPERT, Clerk

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