Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1821 28 U.S.C. § 1920 42 U.S.C. § 1983 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) Supreme Court 267 U.S. 498 282 U.S. 344, 351 403 U.S. 443, 491 438 U.S. 154, 198 466 U.S. 727 482 U.S. 437, 445 497 U.S. 805, 817-818 510 U.S. 266, 268-286 Circuit Courts 572 F.2d 1039, 1045 649 F.2d 292, 294-295 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 738 F.2d 1156, 1168-1169 799 F.2d 1523, 1540 951 F.2d 316, 320 993 F.2d 837, 840 7 F.3d 415, 416-418 10 F.3d 776, 782 25 F.3d 40, 43 29 F.3d 1549, 1554 34 F.3d 257, 265 74 F.3d 1131, 1132 85 F.3d 581, 583-584 97 F.3d 1393, 1399 134 F.3d 760, 770 141 F.3d 1000, 1002-1003 162 F.3d 653, 656 177 F.3d 1272, 1305 210 F.3d 1334, 1337 213 F.3d 600, 622-623 242 F.3d 1035, 1040 253 F.3d 561, 563 141 F. Supp. 2d 320, 324 946 F. Supp. 1011, 1019-1020