DECISION & ORDER In early 2019, this Court conducted a jury trial that resulted in judgment in favor of plaintiff Benny T. Warr against defendant Anthony R. Liberatore and judgments in favor of defendants James Sheppard, Joseph M. Ferrigno, III, and Mitchell R. Stewart, and the City of Rochester. (Docket ## 144, 149, 183). Warr was awarded $1.00 in nominal damages on his Section 1983 excessive force claim against Liberatore. (Docket # 183). On February 26, 2019, defendants submitted a bill of costs seeking reimbursement of $30,063.70 in costs. (Docket # 156). Following the trial, plaintiffs moved for a new trial and to set aside the verdict and for sanctions. (Docket ## 158, 170). On March 30, 2020, this Court issued an Amended Decision and Order denying the motion for a new trial and to set aside the verdict but granting in part the motion for sanctions. (Docket # 179). Familiarity with the prior Amended Decision and Order is assumed. In that decision, I determined that monetary sanctions were warranted because plaintiffs had demonstrated that during trial defendants’ counsel had engaged in “repeated misconduct…evidencing a reckless disregard for this Court’s rulings.” (Id. at 48). Accordingly, defendants’ counsel was ordered to “reimburse those fees and costs incurred by plaintiffs’ counsel in researching, preparing and filing plaintiffs’ post-trial submissions…[,] including the costs of ordering the transcript.” (Id. at 48). I further directed that in the event the parties were unable to stipulate to the amount owed, plaintiffs’ counsel should file an affidavit outlining those fees and costs, with supporting documentation. (Id. at 49-50). Plaintiffs appealed this Court’s denial of their motion for a new trial, but neither party appealed this Court’s determination that sanctions were warranted. (Docket # 199). On April 19, 2021, the Second Circuit affirmed the judgments entered by this Court. (Id.). On April 17, 2020, plaintiffs’ counsel submitted an affidavit with attached supporting documentation seeking $28,507.50 in fees and $6,033.45 for the costs of ordering the trial transcript. (Docket # 184). At this time, the only issues pending before the Court are defendants’ bill of costs and plaintiffs’ application for fees. I. Bill of Costs Defendants seek reimbursement of their costs in the amount of $30,063.70 pursuant to Rule 68 of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. According to defendants, on April 28, 2015, defendants served plaintiffs with an offer of judgment in the amount of $35,000. (Docket ## 156 at 5; 156-3). Plaintiffs did not accept the offer of judgment and ultimately obtained a verdict against defendant Liberatore in the amount of $1.00. (Docket # 156 at
6, 9). Defendants maintain that they are entitled to reimbursement of the costs they incurred subsequent to service of the unaccepted offer of judgment, which they assert consist of $2,818.50 for deposition transcripts, $26,770 in expert witness fees, and $475.20 for demonstrative exhibits used at trial. Id. at
