Mike Davis
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides that a prevailing party is entitled as a matter of right to recover costs in any action or proceeding, and specifies those items allowable as costs. This bill would require, in civil proceedings in which a pro per litigant is the prevailing party, that the court, upon motion, award reasonable compensation to the prevailing party for the time and effort required to litigate the matter. The bill would require the court to base the reasonable compensation on the standard rate of compensation for a paralegal assistant in the local market and any economic hardship suffered by the prevailing party in litigating the matter.
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
Introduced. To print.
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| AB2395 | HTML |
| 02/24/12 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly |
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