Smith v. Kansa Technology, LLC et al
Filing
138
ORDER AND REASONS granting 137 Motion for Taxation of Costs. Costs taxed in the amount of $2,127.95 against Shambria Necole Smith. Signed by Judge Lance M Africk on 5/14/19. (sbs)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHAMBRIA NECOLE SMITH
VERSUS
CIVIL ACTION
No. 16-16597
KANSA TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
SECTION I
ORDER & REASONS
Before the Court is defendant Kansa Technology, L.L.C.’s (“Kansa”) motion1
to tax certain costs already awarded to it by the United States Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit. On May 1, 2019, the Fifth Circuit issued a per curiam opinion
affirming this Court’s orders denying plaintiff Shambria Necole Smith’s (“Smith”)
motion for leave to interview jurors and her motion for relief under Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 60(b). The Fifth Circuit’s judgment provides that Smith pay to Kansa
the costs on appeal.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 39(e), certain costs on appeal
are taxable to the district court for the benefit of the party entitled to such costs,
which include the costs of obtaining a trial transcript, if it was necessary to
determining the appeal. According to Kansa, the transcript was necessary, as it cited
to the transcript multiple times in its brief in support of its position on appeal.
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R. Doc. No. 137.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED and that Kansa Technology,
L.L.C. shall be awarded costs in the amount of $2,127.95.
New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2019.
_______________________________________
LANCE M. AFRICK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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