IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH

RICHARD L. MCMURRAY MEMORANDUM DECISION AND Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING COSTS v. FORSYTHE FINANCE, LLC, Case No. 1:20-CV-8 TS Defendant.

Judgment in the above-entitled case was entered on January 11, 2021. Defendants filed its Bill of Costs on January 25, 2021. Defendant seeks $240.81 in legal research fees. Binding Tenth Circuit precedent makes clear that such costs are not taxable under

and will be disallowed. ! DATED this 25th day of January, 2021. BY THE COURT:

d Stewart 7 ed States District Judge

' Sorbo v. United Parcel Serv.,

(10th Cir. 2005) (holding that “computer assisted legal research” is “not within the scope of § 1920”); Jones v. Unisys Corp.,

(10th Cir. 1995) (‘[C]osts for computer legal research are not statutorily authorized.”); see also Roth vy. Spruell,

(10th Cir. 2010) (stating that “costs for legal research, telephone calls, facsimiles, postage, delivery service, and parking” are not “reimbursable as costs under § 1920’).