(a) Within thirty (30) days after entry of final judgment, a party entitled to recover costs shall
submit to the Clerk of Court a verified Bill of Costs on the form provided by the Court.
(b) The opposing party must file any memorandum in opposition to any costs within twenty-
one (21) days of service of the Bill of Costs.
(c) The prevailing party must file any reply to the objection within twenty-one (21) days of
service of the opposing memorandum.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1), the expense in obtaining all or any
part of a transcript for the Court’s use when ordered by it, and the expense in obtaining all
or any part of a transcript for purposes of a new trial, for amended findings, or for appeal,
shall be a taxable cost against the unsuccessful party at the rates prescribed by the Judicial
Conference of the United States.
(e) If a party proceeds to record a deposition stenographically and on video pursuant to Loc.
R. Civ. P. 30, the additional costs incurred for video recording will not be taxed by the
Clerk of Court without a prior order from the Court or agreement of the parties.
(f) Unless otherwise ordered by the District Court, or the Circuit Court of Appeals pursuant
to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8, the filing of an appeal shall not stay the taxation
of costs, entry of judgment thereon, or enforcement of the judgment.
(g) Parties should consult the Court’s “Guidelines for Bills of Costs” located on the Court’s
website, http://www.nywd.uscourts.gov. Upon the filing of a Bill of Costs in any action
involving a pro se litigant, the Clerk of Court shall forward the pro se litigant a copy of these
Guidelines.
