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title: "Sort a federal bill of costs from an attorney-fee motion"
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practice_area: "Administrative & Public Law"
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last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
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# Sort a federal bill of costs from an attorney-fee motion

> Sort each claimed disbursement into a section 1920 category or into a separate attorney-fee list. Leave the prevailing-party box blank.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Sort each claimed disbursement into a section 1920 category or into a separate attorney-fee list. Leave the prevailing-party box blank. |
| What the lawyer must review | FRCP 54(d)(1): unless a federal statute, the rules, or a court order provides otherwise, costs other than attorney's fees should be allowed to the prevailing party. Costs against the United States, its officers, and its agencies may be imposed only to the extent allowed by law. The clerk may tax costs on 14 days' notice. On motion served within the next 7 days, the court may review the clerk's action. Rule 54(d)(2): a claim for attorney's fees and related nontaxable expenses must be made by motion unless the substantive law requires those fees to be proved at trial as an element of damages. Unless a statute or a court order provides otherwise, the motion must be filed no later than 14 days after the entry of judgment, specify the judgment and the grounds, state the amount or a fair estimate, and disclose any fee agreement if the court so orders. 28 USC 1920: a judge or clerk may tax fees of the clerk and marshal; fees for printed or electronically recorded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case; fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; fees for exemplification and the costs of making copies of any materials where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case; docket fees under section 1923; and compensation of court-appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of special interpretation services under section 1828. A bill of costs is filed in the case and, upon allowance, included in the judgment or decree. Sections 1923 and 1828 were not opened. Do not put attorney's fees into the bill of costs. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Record an application to tax costs the tribunal has ordered](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/record-an-application-to-tax-costs-the-tribunal-has-ordered.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Sort each claimed disbursement into a section 1920 category or into a separate attorney-fee list. Leave the prevailing-party box blank.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- This is clerk taxation in a federal civil case. It is not a tribunal taxation of costs.
- A local rule may set a different fee procedure under Rule 54(d)(2)(D). Open the court's local rules before the motion is filed.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54, Judgment; Costs](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_54) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [28 USC 1920, Taxation of costs](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1920) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*