(PC) Reed v. Racklin ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 PETER J. REED, No. 2:17-cv-799 WBS AC 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER 15 E. RACKLIN, D. EASTERLING, T. WHITE, E. ARNOLD, and POPVICH, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 ----oo0oo---- 20 Before the court is defendant E. Racklin’s Bill of 21 Costs filed November 4, 2019. (Docket No. 46.) In the court’s 22 discretion, and in light of plaintiff’s status as an indigent 23 prisoner1 and the lack of any indication that this case was 24 brought in bad faith, the court declines to award costs to 25 defendant. See Stanley v. Univ. of S. Cal., 178 F.3d 1069, 26 1079-80 (9th Cir. 1999). 27 1 The Magistrate Judge found that the plaintiff made the 28 required showing to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket No. 7.) 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: November 25, 2019 . 3 ai thew AH, ha be WILLIAM B. SHUBB 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28