Opinion ID: 50595
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Text: This court reviews de novo a district court’s grant of summary judgment. See Mello v. Sara Lee Corp., 431 F.3d 440, 443 (5th Cir. 2005). Summary judgment is warranted “if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” FED. R. CIV. P. 56(c); see also Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23 (1986). An award of costs is reviewed for abuse of discretion. See Lain v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am., 279 F.3d 337, 343 (5th Cir. 2002). “A district court abuses its discretion if it bases its decision on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.” Esmark Apparel, Inc. v. James, 10 F.3d 1156, 1163 (5th Cir. 1994) (citing Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 405-06 (1990)).