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12 Plaintiff, ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR
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TO PLAINTIFF, ________________________________, AND HIS ATTORNEYS OF
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 1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on ________________________ at _________.M., or as soon
2 after that as the matter can be heard, in Dept. _______ of the above-entitled Court located at
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(Defendant), will move the Court to for an order pursuant to California Rule of Court 3.1700,
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taxing the costs of this action as follows:

7 By reducing the following items claimed as costs in the Memorandum of Costs filed by

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1. Filing and motion fees requested in Item Number 1, in the amount of $___, reduced to
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the amount of $_____on the grounds that the costs claimed are excessive due to the fact that the costs
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claimed in Items ___ and ____ are for Answers to a 3rd party cross-complaint, and the costs claimed
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13 in Item ___ are for 3 motions by Plaintiffs that relate to the 3rd party cross-complaints.

14 2. Deposition costs requested in Item Number __, in the amount of $_________, reduced
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to the amount of $___, on the grounds that the costs claimed are excessive because the deposition
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and transcripts were unnecessary and not reasonably helpful to aid the trier of fact in that Plaintiffs
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should have asked any questions of _______ in the first deposition on __________.
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information contained in Attachment ___ to the Memorandum of Costs does not specify with
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particularity the reasons such service of process was necessary in this action. Plaintiffs should not be
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able to claim messenger and courier fees as service of process costs.
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 1 because the blowups and photocopies of exhibits were not necessary and not reasonably helpful to aid
2 the trier of fact. The exhibits and photos did not need to be enlarged to 24 x 36.
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By striking from the Memorandum of Costs filed by, __________, the following items:
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1. Ordinary Witness Fees requested in Item Number ___, in the amount of $_____, on
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the grounds that the witness was not served with a subpoena, and testified in Court that he was not

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