Williams v. Waste Management Inc et al

Filing 115

Order Accepting 113 Findings and Recommendations on Case re: 98 Bill of Costs. The court overrules Plaintiff's objections (Doc. 99) to Defendants' Bill of Costs, and costs in the amount of $10,303.51 are hereby taxed against Plaintiff Andre W. Williams, Sr. (Ordered by Judge Sam A. Lindsay on 7/18/2019) (epm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
ANDRE W. WILLIAMS, SR.,
Plaintiff,
v.
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.;
LOUIS RAMIREZ; LANCE BUTLER;
and MARK JOHNSON,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 3:16-CV-2943-L

ORDER
On May 31, 2019, the Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation of the United States
Magistrate Judge (“Report”) (Doc. 113) was entered, recommending that the court overrule
Plaintiff’s objections (Doc. 99) to Defendants’ Request for Bill of Costs. Plaintiff filed objections
to the Report on June 14, 2019 (Docs. 114, 114-1), asserting once again that his financial condition
has deteriorated since filing this lawsuit and contending that Defendants engaged in misconduct by,
among other things, expediting the preparation of the deposition transcripts and, thereby,
unnecessarily increasing the costs of the depositions, which according to the Report, constitute 70
percent of the costs sought by Defendants. The Report also indicates that two of the three depositions
at issue were noticed by Plaintiff. Plaintiff also takes issue with prior determinations by the
magistrate judge and this court, which the court declines to consider in ruling on his objections to
the Bill of Costs, as an objection to the Bill of Costs is not the appropriate vehicle for relitigating
prior rulings that are now the subject of Plaintiff’s appeal that was filed on May 9, 2019, with the
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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After considering the Bill of Costs, Plaintiff’s objections to the Bill of Costs, file, record in
this case, Report, and Plaintiff’s objections to the Report, and having conducted a de novo review
of that portion of the Report to which objection was made, the court determines that the findings and
conclusions of the magistrate judge are correct, and accepts them as those of the court. Accordingly,
the court overrules Plaintiff’s objections (Doc. 99) to Defendants’ Bill of Costs, and costs in the
amount of $10,303.51 are hereby taxed against Plaintiff Andre W. Williams, Sr.
It is so ordered this 18th day of July, 2019.

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Sam A. Lindsay
United States District Judge

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