Mother and Father v. James Cassidy

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• observing that “intervening developments” occurring after transcript has been obtained are irrelevant to evaluating necessity
• “[A] voluntary dismissal with prejudice renders the opposing party a ‘prevailing party’ within the meaning of Rule 54.”
• “[A] party may not raise on appeal an issue it did not pre- sent to the district court.”
• dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2), with prejudice, after a plaintiff gives up makes the defendant the prevailing party
• ‘The . . . federal rules, . . . limit depositions to seven hours, witha... good-cause showing for extension.”
• discus- sing strong presumption that prevailing party will recover costs, and noting that attorney’s fees decisions are not ne- cessarily analogous because there is no parallel presump- tion

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