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28 U.S.C. § 1828

Special interpretation services

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(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall establish a program for the provision of special interpretation services in criminal actions and in civil actions initiated by the United States (including petitions for writs of habeas corpus initiated in the name of the United States by relators) in a United States district court. The program shall provide a capacity for simultaneous interpretation services in multidefendant criminal actions and multidefendant civil actions.(b) Upon the request of any person in any action for which special interpretation services established pursuant to subsection (a) are not otherwise provided, the Director, with the approval of the presiding judicial officer, may make such services available to the person requesting the services on a reimbursable basis at rates established in conformity with section 9701 of title 31, but the Director may require the prepayment of the estimated expenses of providing the services by the person requesting them.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the expenses incident to providing services under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the Director from sums appropriated to the Federal judiciary. A presiding judicial officer, in such officer’s discretion, may order that all or part of the expenses shall be apportioned between or among the parties or shall be taxed as costs in a civil action, and any moneys collected as a result of such order may be used to reimburse the appropriations obligated and disbursed in payment for such services.(d) Appropriations available to the Director shall be available to provide services in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and moneys collected by the Director under that subsection may be used to reimburse the appropriations charged for such services. A presiding judicial officer, in such officer’s discretion, may order that all or part of the expenses shall be apportioned between or among the parties or shall be taxed as costs in the action.(Added Pub. L. 95–539, § 2(a), Oct. 28, 1978, 92 Stat. 2042; amended Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(g), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1065.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1982—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “section 9701 of title 31” for “section 501 of the Act of August 31, 1951 (ch. 376, title 5, 65 Stat. 290; 31 U.S.C. 483a)”.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective ninety days after Oct. 28, 1978, see section 10(b) of Pub. L. 95–539, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 602 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 84 cases (34 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Extra Equipamentos E Exportaçáo Ltda. v. Case Corp., 541 F.3d 719 (7th Cir. 2008).
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Extra Equipamentos E Exportaçáo Ltda. v. Case Corp., 541 F.3d 719 (7th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “The statute refers to "compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses and costs of special interpretation services under [ 28 U.S.C. § 1828 ]." 28 U.S.C. § 1920 (6) (emphasis added).”
Trading Tech. Int'l, Inc. v. Espeed, Inc., 750 F. Supp. 2d 962 (N.D. Ill. 2010). · cites it 2× “§ 1923 ; and (6) compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses and costs of special interpretative services under 28 U.S.C. § 1828 . The award of costs to a prevailing party depends on whether the expenses sought are…”
United States v. Wilton Johnson, Jose J. Salazar, Javier C. Santa Cruz, & Jesus G. Guzman, 248 F.3d 655 (7th Cir. 2001). “28 U.S.C. § 1828 (a). Throughout the entire trial in this case, a court-appointed interpreter simultaneously translated the proceedings from English to Spanish through a microphone that fed into headsets worn by the defendants.”
Chore-Time Equip., Inc. v. Cumberland Corp., 713 F.2d 774 (Fed. Cir. 1983). “3) Fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; (4) Fees for exemplification and copies of papers necessarily obtained for use in the case; (5) Docket fees under section 1923 of this title; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and…”
Sheffer v. Experian Info. Solutions, Inc., 290 F. Supp. 2d 538 (E.D. Pa. 2003). “§ 1923 ; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, and costs of special interpretation services under 28 U.S.C. § 1828 . 28 U.S.C. § 1920 (2003).”
Tiramisu Intertional LLC v. Clever Imports LLC, 741 F. Supp. 2d 1279 (S.D. Fla. 2010). “r exemplification and the costs of making copies of any materials where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case; (5) Docket fees under section 1923 of this title [28 USCS § 1923]; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and…”
Katz v. Chevaldina, 127 F. Supp. 3d 1285 (S.D. Fla. 2015). “llowing may be taxed as costs: (1) Fees of the clerk and marshal; (2) Fees of the court reporter for all or any part of the stenographic transcript necessarily obtained for use in the case; (3) Fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; (4) Fees for' exemplification and…”
Balance Point Divorce Funding, LLC v. Scrantom, 305 F.R.D. 67 (S.D.N.Y. 2015). “§ 1923 ; and (6) compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of special interpretation services under 28 U.S.C. § 1828 . Thus, “the discretion granted by Rule 54(d) .”
Vecchione v. Wohlgemuth, 481 F. Supp. 776 (E.D. Pa. 1979). “§ 1920 as follows: (1) fees of the clerk and marshal; (2) fees of the court reporter for all or any part of the stenographic transcript necessarily obtained for use in the case; (3) fees and disbursements for printing and witnesses; (4) fees for exemplification and copies of…”
Honestech, Inc. v. Sonic Solutions, 725 F. Supp. 2d 573 (W.D. Tex. 2010). “§ 1920 , a judge or clerk of any court of the United States may tax as costs the following: (1) fees of the clerk and marshal; (2) fees for printed or electronically recorded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case; (3) fees and disbursements for printing and…”
Kingvision Pay-Per-View Ltd. v. Lalaleo, 429 F. Supp. 2d 506 (E.D.N.Y 2006). “§ 1923 ]; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of special interpretation services under [ 28 U.S.C. § 1828 ]. Because this list embodies “Congress’ considered choice” as to what expenses should be…”
Kingvision Pay-Per-View Ltd. v. Autar, 426 F. Supp. 2d 59 (E.D.N.Y 2006). “§ 1923 ]; (6) Compensation of court appointed experts, compensation of interpreters, and salaries, fees, expenses, and costs of spe *67 cial interpretation services under [ 28 U.S.C. § 1828 ]. Because this list “embodies Congress’ considered choice” as to what expenses should be…”
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