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Third Circuit Holds That Private Process Server Fees Are Not a Taxable Cost Under Section 1920(1), Adding to a Circuit Split

In Knowles v. Temple Univ., No. 22-2978 (7th Cir. July 26, 2024), the Third Circuit contributes to the circuit split about whether private process-server fees are taxable costs as “[f]ees of the clerk and marshal” under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(1) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d). The panel holds that they are not taxable, thusContinue reading “Third Circuit Holds That Private Process Server Fees Are Not a Taxable Cost Under Section 1920(1), Adding to a Circuit Split”