Excerpt: ... rule 8.278(d)(1)(D).) Accordingly, this Court cannot determine (a) how much of the requested costs are recoverable and (b) if such recoverable costs are reasonable. (Ibid.) 2. As to item no. 10 for attorney's fees ($1,000.00), petitioner has not filed a noticed motion to claim attorney's fees on appeal as required. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.278(d)(2), 3.1702(c).) Further, based on the record before the Court, petitioner was never represen...

Excerpt: ...cted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of attorney's fees and costs unjust.” (Ibid.; Castro v. Superior Court (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 1010, 1018.) Based on the evidence before the Court, the Court does not find that plaintiffs acted with substantial justification or that the imposition of attorneys' fees and costs would be unjust. (Taylor decl., ¶ 2, Exhibit A.) Accordingly, defendants are entitled t...