Can a court apportion all the cost of an expert witness to one side?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Benanti v. Matevousian, Case No. 1:17-cv-01556-LJO-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Federal Rule of Evidence 706(a) permits a "district court to apportion all the cost [of an expert witness] to one side" in an appropriate case, as when[] one of the parties in an action is indigent" and "the expert would significantly help the court." McKinney v. Anderson, 924 F.2d 1500, 1511 (9th Cir.
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