No. 21-1538

ASDRÚBAL SIMÓN MATA-CABELLO,

Petitioner, Appellee,

v.

TAILI TEE THULA,

Respondent, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Daniel R. Domínguez, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Barron, Chief Judge, Lipez and Montecalvo, Circuit Judges.

Victor M. Rivera-Rios for appellant. Rubén T. Nigaglioni, with whom Nigaglioni Law Offices P.S.C. was on brief, for appellee.

April 28, 2023 BARRON, Chief Judge. Taili Tee Thula ("Thula") appeals from the denial of her request for an award of attorney's fees, pursuant to the inherent power of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and the costs of translation services, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920(6). We affirm.

I.

The challenges on appeal arise out of a pair of actions -- one filed by Thula in the Puerto Rico courts and one filed by her husband, Asdrúbal Si