SUBJECT: Motion to Tax Costs

Moving Party: Ji Li and Hollywood Gardens, LLC

Resp. Party: Plaintiff Kai Hou Liang

The motion to tax the costs is DENIED.

PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:

The Court previously addressed taxing this memorandum of costs in its 11/2/2020 minute order. At that time, the Court explained:

“Defendant and Cross-Complainants Ji Li and Hollywood Garden, LLC attach a copy of this Memorandum of Costs served to them on September 17, 2020 as Exhibit A to the motion, which seeks accrued interest in the amount of $19,172.41. (Motion, Ex. A, p. 1, ¶ 3.) The memorandum of costs was never filed with the Court before the instant motion was filed. Instead, Plaintiff Liang filed a memorandum of costs on October 20, 2020 and attached a proof of service of the memorandum of costs, indicating that it was served on Ji Li on September 17, 2020. Despite the fact that this motion was brought before the relevant memorandum of costs was filed, the Court will proceed to analyze the motion on