Lopez v. Irvine Co. CA4/3
The trial court’s costs order explains that it taxed certain costs, resulting in a costs award of $3,451.11. Specifically, the costs allowed by the court consisted of, first, $1,956.95 in “costs associated with Plaintiff’s deposition,” which the court found “recoverable as reasonably necessary deposition costs” based on the invoice Defendants submitted. The court taxed $564.51 in requested deposition costs that were beyond the invoice amount, including for items such as interest charges, but which are otherwise unexplained in the order. The court noted Defendants withdrew their request for $129.29 as the cost for service of process. Finally, the court found that, while per diem costs for a court reporter are recoverable, transcript fees are precluded where the court does not order them. Thus, the court reduced Defendants’ request for $669 in court reporter costs to the $350 per diem amount.
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