Opinion ID: 703565
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Heading: Assignment of Costs.

Text: 8 Rule 54(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides the mechanism by which a party may move the district court to review the clerk's taxing of costs. We have rigidly enforced the requirement that parties first follow the procedures set forth in Rule 54 and petition the district court for review of its own action before seeking appellate review. Lee v. United States, 238 F.2d 341 (9th Cir.1956). We do so because the district court obviously is in a better position to determine whether such an assessment is proper. Because Hollcroft failed to follow Rule 54's procedures, Lee precludes us from reviewing on appeal the district court's taxation of costs. 9 AFFIRMED.