not taxable unless otherwise ordered by the Court. This is a subject that is not addressed
with specificity by 28 U.S.C. § 1920 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). Local Civil Rule 54.1 has
been updated with the valuable assistance of the Clerks of the two Courts to reflect
more precisely which costs are and are not taxable without an order of the Court.
[August 2014 Note]: Local Rule 54.1 is modified to indicate that the Bill of Costs, and
any objection thereto, shall be filed via ECF (except for Pro Se parties) in both Districts.
[July 2013 Note]: The seven-day notice period previously set forth in Local Civil Rule
54.1(a) was in conflict with the 14-day notice period provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1)
and the Committee recommends that the Local Rule be changed to conform with Rule
54(d)(1). Instead of prescribing a particular time period (which might be changed by a
future amendment to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54), the Committee recommends that the Local
Rule refer the reader to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54. The term “request to tax costs” has misled
some parties into not realizing that they need to file a notice of taxation of costs
specifying the date and time of taxation. For this reason, the Committee recommends
that Local Civil Rule 54.1(a) be amended to substitute the term “notice of taxation of
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costs” for the term “request to tax costs”, and to add an explicit requirement that the
notice specify the date and time fixed for taxation.
