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Kevin Scott Karsjens, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. v. Shireen Gandhi, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 24-2876 · judgment January 7, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a federal court awarding costs pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) may consider the potential chilling effect on a civil rights litigant to reduce or deny costs to a prevailing party?
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Whether a federal appeals court exceeds its proper authority by determining disputed or unknown facts to support an order of costs under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1), instead of remanding to the district court to resolve unknown and disputed facts, resulting in prejudice to Petitioners? (For example, this prevented Petitioners from arguing that imposing $366,461.96 in costs on indigent plaintiffs violates the Excessive Fines Clause).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel E. Gustafson
Gustafson Gluek, PLLC
For respondent
Scott Hiromi Ikeda
Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 26 2026Waiver of right of respondent Shireen Gandhi, et al. to respond filed.
- May 26 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 29, 2026)