Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar et al

Filing 288

OBJECTIONS by All Defendants re 287 Bill of Costs Taxed (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Exhibit A)(Piropato, Marissa)

oIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES,
LLC, et al.
Plaintiffs,
and

CIVIL ACTION No. 10-1663(F)(2)
SECTION F

DIAMOND OFFSHORE COMPANY,
JUDGE FELDMAN
Plaintiff-Intervenors,
MAGISTRATE 2
MAGISTRATE WILKINSON

v.
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY, et al.,
Defendant-Intervenors,
and
KENNETH LEE "KEN" SALAZAR, et al,
Defendants.

DEFENDANTS’ LIMITED OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL OF COSTS
Defendants, Kenneth Lee Salazar, the United States Department of the Interior, Michael
R. Bromwich, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
(“Defendants”) hereby file this limited opposition pursuant to Fed. Rule. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) to the
Bill of Costs entered by the Clerk on August 29, 2011. Dkt. #287. Defense counsel has
conferred with Plaintiffs’ counsel, who indicated that Plaintiffs agree that they are not entitled to
recover the same costs twice.
Defendants request that this Court reduce the Bill of Costs to reflect copying and
stenographic transcript costs already awarded to Plaintiffs. Specifically, Defendants respectfully

request that this Court reduce the Bill of Costs taxed by the Clerk by $276.38 to $3,710.51 to
prevent any double recovery.

Respectfully submitted, September 6, 2011

IGNACIA S. MORENO
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Env’t & Nat. Resources Div.
/s/Marissa A. Piropato
GUILLERMO A. MONTERO (T.A.)
BRIAN COLLINS
KRISTOFOR R. SWANSON
MARISSA A. PIROPATO
Natural Resources Section
PO Box 663
Washington, DC 20016
Tel: [phone]
PETER MANSFIELD
Assistant United States Attorney
Eastern District of Louisiana
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street, Suite B-210
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Tel: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on September 6, 2011. I caused a copy of the foregoing to be served
through the Court’s CM/ECF System to all parties.

/s/ Marissa A. Piropato
Marissa A. Piropato

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