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28 U.S.C. § 1920 — Taxation of costs

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28 U.S.C. § 1920 — Taxation of costs

A judge or clerk of any court of the United States may tax as costs the following: (1) Fees of the clerk and marshal; (2) Fees for printed or electronically recorded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case; (3) Fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; (4) Fees for exemplification and the costs of making copies of any materials where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case; (5) Docket fees under [section 1923 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1923&num=0&edition=prelim); (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of special interpretation services under [section 1828 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1828&num=0&edition=prelim). A bill of costs shall be filed in the case and, upon allowance, included in the judgment or decree.

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28 U.S.C. § 602 — Employees

**(a)** The Director shall appoint and fix the compensation of necessary employees of the Administrative Office in accordance with the Administrative Office of the United States Courts Personnel Act of 1990. **(b)** Notwithstanding any other law, the Director may appoint certified interpreters in accordance with [section 604(a)(16)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section604/a/16/B&num=0&edition=prelim) without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but the compensation of any person appointed under this subsection shall not exceed the appropriate equivalent of the highest rate of pay payable for the highest grade established in the General Schedule, [section 5332 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c)** The Director may obtain personal services as authorized by [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim), at rates not to exceed the appropriate equivalent of the highest rate of pay payable for the highest grade established in the General Schedule, [section 5332 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d)** All functions of other officers and employees of the Administrative Office and all functions of organizational units of the Administrative Office are vested in the Director. The Director may delegate any of the Director’s functions, powers, duties, and authority (except the authority to promulgate rules and regulations) to such officers and employees of the judicial branc

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28 U.S.C. § 1828 — Special interpretation services

**(a)** The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall establish a program for the provision of special interpretation services in criminal actions and in civil actions initiated by the United States (including petitions for writs of habeas corpus initiated in the name of the United States by relators) in a United States district court. The program shall provide a capacity for simultaneous interpretation services in multidefendant criminal actions and multidefendant civil actions. **(b)** Upon the request of any person in any action for which special interpretation services established pursuant to subsection (a) are not otherwise provided, the Director, with the approval of the presiding judicial officer, may make such services available to the person requesting the services on a reimbursable basis at rates established in conformity with [section 9701 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9701&num=0&edition=prelim), but the Director may require the prepayment of the estimated expenses of providing the services by the person requesting them. **(c)** Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the expenses incident to providing services under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the Director from sums appropriated to the Federal judiciary. A presiding judicial officer, in such officer’s discretion, may order that all or part of the expenses shall be apportioned between or among the parties or shall be taxed as costs in a civil action, and any moneys collected as a result of such order may be used to reimburse the appropriations obligated and disbursed in payment for such services. **(d)** Appropriations available to the Director shall be available to provide services in acco

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28 U.S.C. § 1923 — Docket fees and costs of briefs

**(a)** Attorney’s and proctor’s docket fees in courts of the United States may be taxed as costs as follows:$20 on trial or final hearing (including a default judgment whether entered by the court or by the clerk) in civil, criminal, or admiralty cases, except that in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where the libellant recovers less than $50 the proctor’s docket fee shall be $10; $20 in admiralty appeals involving not over $1,000; $50 in admiralty appeals involving not over $5,000; $100 in admiralty appeals involving more than $5,000; $5 on discontinuance of a civil action; $5 on motion for judgment and other proceedings on recognizances; $2.50 for each deposition admitted in evidence. **(b)** The docket fees of United States attorneys and United States trustees shall be paid to the clerk of court and by him paid into the Treasury. **(c)** In admiralty appeals the court may allow as costs for printing the briefs of the successful party not more than:$25 where the amount involved is not over $1,000; $50 where the amount involved is not over $5,000; $75 where the amount involved is over $5,000.

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28 U.S.C. § 1821 — Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence

**(a)** (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a witness in attendance at any court of the United States, or before a United States Magistrate Judge, or before any person authorized to take his deposition pursuant to any rule or order of a court of the United States, shall be paid the fees and allowances provided by this section. (2) As used in this section, the term “court of the United States” includes, in addition to the courts listed in [section 451 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section451&num=0&edition=prelim), any court created by Act of Congress in a territory which is invested with any jurisdiction of a district court of the United States. **(b)** A witness shall be paid an attendance fee of $40 per day for each day’s attendance. A witness shall also be paid the attendance fee for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance at the beginning and end of such attendance or at any time during such attendance. **(c)** (1) A witness who travels by common carrier shall be paid for the actual expenses of travel on the basis of the means of transportation reasonably utilized and the distance necessarily traveled to and from such witness’s residence by the shortest practical route in going to and returning from the place of attendance. Such a witness shall utilize a common carrier at the most economical rate reasonably available. A receipt or other evidence of actual cost shall be furnished. (2) A travel allowance equal to the mileage allowance which the Administrator of General Services has prescribed, pursuant to [section 5704 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5704&num=0&edition=prelim), for official travel of employ

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28 U.S.C. § 1914 — District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court

**(a)** The clerk of each district court shall require the parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in such court, whether by original process, removal or otherwise, to pay a filing fee of $350, except that on application for a writ of habeas corpus the filing fee shall be $5. **(b)** The clerk shall collect from the parties such additional fees only as are prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States. **(c)** Each district court by rule or standing order may require advance payment of fees.

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28 U.S.C. § 2412 — Costs and fees

**(a)** (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a judgment for costs, as enumerated in [section 1920 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1920&num=0&edition=prelim), but not including the fees and expenses of attorneys, may be awarded to the prevailing party in any civil action brought by or against the United States or any agency or any official of the United States acting in his or her official capacity in any court having jurisdiction of such action. A judgment for costs when taxed against the United States shall, in an amount established by statute, court rule, or order, be limited to reimbursing in whole or in part the prevailing party for the costs incurred by such party in the litigation. (2) A judgment for costs, when awarded in favor of the United States in an action brought by the United States, may include an amount equal to the filing fee prescribed under [section 1914(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1914/a&num=0&edition=prelim). The preceding sentence shall not be construed as requiring the United States to pay any filing fee. **(b)** Unless expressly prohibited by statute, a court may award reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, in addition to the costs which may be awarded pursuant to subsection (a), to the prevailing party in any civil action brought by or against the United States or any agency or any official of the United States acting in his or her official capacity in any court having jurisdiction of such action. The United States shall be liable for such fees and expenses to the same extent that any other party would be liable under the common law or under the terms of any statute which specifically provides f

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28 U.S.C. § 1920 — Taxation of costs

Page 486 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 1920 1980—Pub. L. 96–417 included dismissals in Court of International Trade for want of jurisdiction. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 applicable with respect to civil actions commenced on or after Nov. 1, 1980, see section 701(b)(1)(E) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title. § 1920. Taxation of costs A judge or clerk of any court of the United States may tax as costs the following: (1) Fees of the clerk and marshal; (2) Fees for printed or electronically re- corded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case; (3) Fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; (4) Fees for exemplification and the costs of making copies of any materials where the cop- ies are necessarily obtained for use in the case; (5) Docket fees under section 1923 of this title; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of special interpreta- tion services under section 1828 of this title. A bill of costs shall be filed in the case and, upon allowance, included in the judgment or de- cree. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 95–539, § 7, Oct. 28, 1978, 92 Stat. 2044; Pub. L. 110–406, § 6, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4292.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 9a(a) and 830 (R.S. § 983; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 5a, as added Jan. 20, 1944, ch. 3, § 1, 58 Stat. 5). For distribution of other provisions of section 9a of titl

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